Grindstone Butte
Grindstone Butte rises to 1,052 m in Idaho. Horse Butte stands 1,533 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Buttes, a peak 4.6 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49033923, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1052 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Woodys cove interpretive area · 20 mi
- point 6 · 20 mi
- point 3 · 21 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 21 mi
51 named places within 25 miles
- Twin Buttes: 4.6 mi
- Twentymile Butte: 6.2 mi
- Notch Butte: 6.8 mi
- Flint Mesa: 6.9 mi
- The Big Hill: 7.0 mi
- Three Island Crossing State Park: 11.4 mi
- Three Island State Park: 11.7 mi
- Three Island Crossing State Park: 12.2 mi
- City Park: 12.9 mi
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitors Center: 18.3 mi
- Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 18.9 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 14.8 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 14.9 mi
- Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 15.3 mi
- Balanced Rock: 21.5 mi
- Salmon Falls: 18.0 mi
- Devil's washbowl waterfall: 21.4 mi
- Ritter Island: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grindstone Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Butte | S 178° | 1,533 m | 24.3 mi |
| Castleford Butte | SSE 147° | 1,356 m | 21.2 mi |
| Winter Camp Butte | SW 233° | 1,343 m | 16.3 mi |
| Lookout Butte | SW 220° | 1,338 m | 22.0 mi |
| Crows Nest Butte | SSW 193° | 1,300 m | 12.9 mi |
| Black Butte | SW 229° | 1,282 m | 8.7 mi |
| Long Butte | SW 227° | 1,258 m | 21.9 mi |
| Austin Butte | WSW 236° | 1,245 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:41 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenns Ferry, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396594 — Grindstone Butte, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358661948
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