Crater Butte
Crater Butte rises to 1,262 m in Idaho. Skeeter Point stands 1,926 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dietrich Butte, a peak 3.2 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lincoln County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49022799, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1262 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shoshone Falls Observation Deck · 26 mi
- Hansen Bridge Lookout · 27 mi
- viewpoint 1 · 30 mi
49 named places within 25 miles
- Dietrich Butte: 3.2 mi
- Brown Butte: 4.1 mi
- Notch Butte: 8.7 mi
- Kinzie Butte: 9.5 mi
- Johnson Butte: 11.6 mi
- Mary L Gooding Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Little Drops Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Becker Park: 18.8 mi
- Camozzi Park: 19.2 mi
- Gayle Forsyth Memorial Park: 19.3 mi
- Gas Station: 19.1 mi
- Honor Roll: 19.2 mi
- Root Cellar: 19.2 mi
- Military Police Building: 19.3 mi
- Reception Building: 19.3 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 6.7 mi
- Jerome County Fairgrounds: 20.4 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 22.7 mi
- Wurst Spring: 23.5 mi
- Martin Spring: 24.5 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crater Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skeeter Point | NNE 17° | 1,926 m | 24.5 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NNW 335° | 1,756 m | 22.8 mi |
| Wedge Butte | N 357° | 1,706 m | 19.8 mi |
| Flat Top Butte | NW 307° | 1,689 m | 24.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Butte | N 350° | 1,638 m | 20.9 mi |
| Ditto Hill | N 356° | 1,631 m | 25.0 mi |
| Twin Oaks | NW 312° | 1,587 m | 19.4 mi |
| Clay Bank Hills | N 351° | 1,558 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:37 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:20 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoshone 1 WNW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396339 — Crater Butte, Lincoln County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358661576
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