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Cedar Butte

Cedar Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Cedar Butte rises to 1,047 m in Idaho. Lookout Mountain stands 2,055 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bechtel Butte, a peak 1.4 miles away. Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway passes 88 miles off.

The story

mountain in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49018865, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1047 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.00768, -116.30432

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 8
  • City Park: 16.6 mi
  • Ball Field Mud Bog: 16.7 mi
  • Laird Park: 17.0 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 17.3 mi
  • R.D. Merrill Park: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Elk Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Lower Elk Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Middle Elk Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Elk Creek Falls: 19.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Falls Creek Falls: 21.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Cedar Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainENE 72°2,055 m16.7 mi
Marble MountainNE 52°1,978 m16.2 mi
Crater PeakE 84°1,967 m15.1 mi
Grandmother MountainENE 76°1,942 m11.2 mi
Grandfather MountainENE 71°1,922 m10.4 mi
Marks ButteE 84°1,922 m11.9 mi
Pinchot ButteE 93°1,823 m16.6 mi
Cornwall PointENE 64°1,772 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1818:58
June solstice04:5119:5720:45
September equinox06:3318:0518:45
December solstice07:2915:0715:59

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273036425158656556443527
Precip in5.14.03.33.53.22.70.90.91.53.44.85.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK RVR, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358661496

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