Castleford Butte
Castleford Butte rises to 1,356 m in Idaho. Signal Butte stands 1,800 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Balanced Rock State Park, a park 4.4 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49018599, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1356 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Woodys cove interpretive area · 25 mi
- point 6 · 25 mi
- point 3 · 26 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 26 mi
51 named places within 25 miles
- Devil Creek Butte: 5.3 mi
- Sunset Butte: 8.1 mi
- Sunset Butte: 8.1 mi
- Tuanna Butte: 8.3 mi
- Horse Butte: 12.3 mi
- Balanced Rock State Park: 4.4 mi
- John B. Crawford Park: 14.8 mi
- Eastman Park: 15.1 mi
- Box Canyon Springs Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Ritter Island: 18.6 mi
- Balanced Rock: 4.4 mi
- Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 17.8 mi
- Devils Washboard Falls: 16.6 mi
- Salmon Falls: 18.8 mi
- Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 23.0 mi
- Twin Falls County Museum: 24.6 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Ritter Island: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castleford Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Butte | S 178° | 1,800 m | 23.8 mi |
| Cedar Butte | SSE 166° | 1,763 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bud Lewis Hill | S 172° | 1,762 m | 23.7 mi |
| Marshall Butte | S 180° | 1,680 m | 17.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SSE 167° | 1,679 m | 23.7 mi |
| Juniper Butte | SW 223° | 1,668 m | 23.7 mi |
| Black Butte | SSW 192° | 1,641 m | 16.2 mi |
| Burnt Butte | SW 216° | 1,631 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:15 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:39 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castleford 2 N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 395184 — Castleford Butte, Twin Falls County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358660473
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