Dougherty Butte
Dougherty Butte rises to 2,042 m in Montana. Lakeshore Mountain stands 3,179 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49025661, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,042 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 3.0 mi
- King and Queen Hill: 4.4 mi
- Silica Butte: 4.5 mi
- Little Sheep Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Jessen Park: 11.3 mi
- Twin Bridges City Park: 11.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 11.5 mi
- Fleecer Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 14.4 mi
- Thompson Park: 15.6 mi
- Bull Pen Spring: 4.9 mi
- Hidden Spring: 7.4 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 10.2 mi
- Muller Spring: 10.9 mi
- Garrison Spring: 12.1 mi
- Jefferson Valley Museum: 23.8 mi
- Church at World Museum of Mining: 24.2 mi
- Bank Building: 24.2 mi
- World Museum of Mining: 24.2 mi
- Piccadilly Museum of Transportation: 24.3 mi
- National Museum of Machinery: 10.5 mi
- Town Talk Bakery: 23.4 mi
- The Original Butte Copper Mine: 24.6 mi
- Anselmo Mine: 24.7 mi
- Melrose: 9.2 mi
- Hecla: 21.3 mi
- Silver Bow: 24.9 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound: 14.9 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Southbound: 15.0 mi
- Aspen Rest Stop: 24.0 mi
- Montana Tech: 24.3 mi
- Bob Green: 24.3 mi
- Orediggers: 24.3 mi
- Biltmore Hot Springs: 13.9 mi
- Renova Hotspring: 20.0 mi
- Short Slope: 15.1 mi
- Long Slope: 15.8 mi
- Lost Tomahawk: 16.1 mi
- Homestake Lake Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Boulder Creek: 18.6 mi
- Our Lady of the Rockies: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Dougherty Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Mountain | ESE 104° | 3,179 m | 19.3 mi |
| A P A Mountain | ESE 105° | 3,167 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Jackson | ESE 104° | 3,165 m | 19.7 mi |
| Table Mountain | NNE 18° | 3,113 m | 5.8 mi |
| Spuhler Peak | ESE 108° | 3,113 m | 21.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | N 10° | 3,055 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | ESE 107° | 3,025 m | 20.5 mi |
| Manhead Mountain | E 89° | 3,024 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:03 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:38 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 15:59 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Bridges, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 782507 — Dougherty Butte, Madison County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357934469
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