Skip to content

Cinder Butte

Cinder Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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. 103 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
1279 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.66019, -114.07975

103 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Milner Historical Recreation Area: 10.2 mi
  • Hansen Park: 14.2 mi
  • Hansen Park: 14.4 mi
  • Murtaugh Lake County Park: 14.4 mi
  • Dierkes Lake Park: 16.3 mi
Peaks: 17
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Museums: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Shoshone Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Evel Knievel Jump Site: 18.0 mi
  • Jerome County Fairgrounds: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Shoshone Falls: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Rose Garden: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kimama ButteNE 52°1,527 m11.7 mi
Sid ButteNNE 25°1,453 m14.4 mi
Burley ButteSE 146°1,417 m14.6 mi
Dietrich ButteNNW 341°1,412 m20.9 mi
Milner ButteSSE 168°1,409 m14.3 mi
The KnollsSSE 155°1,368 m23.0 mi
Owinza ButteN 4°1,352 m14.5 mi
Hazelton ButteS 186°1,342 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:49
June solstice05:5920:3621:18
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0416:2117:06

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283241465664737161483728
Precip in1.30.81.11.01.30.70.20.30.51.01.11.5

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

More peaks in Idaho

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Cinder Butte.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens