Cinder Butte
Cinder Butte rises to 1,279 m in Idaho. Kimama Butte stands 1,527 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hazelton Butte, a peak 7.0 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020682, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,279 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 25.2 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hansen Bridge Lookout · 13 mi
98 named places within 25 miles
- Milner Historical Recreation Area: 10.2 mi
- Hansen Park: 14.2 mi
- Murtaugh Lake County Park: 14.4 mi
- Dierkes Lake Park: 16.3 mi
- Dierkes Lake: 16.4 mi
- Hazelton Butte: 7.0 mi
- Skeleton Butte: 9.3 mi
- Wilson Butte: 11.0 mi
- Kimama Butte: 11.7 mi
- Hansen Butte: 12.9 mi
- Root Cellar: 8.3 mi
- Gas Station: 8.5 mi
- Honor Roll: 8.8 mi
- Reception Building: 8.8 mi
- Military Police Building: 8.8 mi
- Cassia County Historical Society: 17.2 mi
- Herrett Museum: 20.5 mi
- Minidoka County Historical Society Museum: 22.1 mi
- Jerome County Historical Museum: 22.7 mi
- Twin Falls County Museum: 24.8 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 17.0 mi
- Pillar Falls: 18.3 mi
- Perrine Coulee Falls: 20.4 mi
- Auger Falls: 22.7 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 17.0 mi
- Evel Knievel Jump Site: 18.0 mi
- Jerome County Fairgrounds: 23.3 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 16.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Spring: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cinder Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimama Butte | NE 52° | 1,527 m | 11.7 mi |
| Sid Butte | NNE 25° | 1,453 m | 14.4 mi |
| Burley Butte | SE 146° | 1,417 m | 14.6 mi |
| Dietrich Butte | NNW 341° | 1,412 m | 20.9 mi |
| Milner Butte | SSE 168° | 1,409 m | 14.3 mi |
| The Knolls | SSE 155° | 1,368 m | 23.0 mi |
| Owinza Butte | N 4° | 1,352 m | 14.5 mi |
| Hazelton Butte | S 186° | 1,342 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:36 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:21 | 17:06 |
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 | 32 | 41 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hazelton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396287 — Cinder Butte, Jerome County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358661533
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