Grouse Butte
Grouse Butte rises to 2,336 m in Idaho. Smoky Dome stands 3,077 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sprout Mountain, a peak 4.4 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034092, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,336 m
How to reach it
- 29.5 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 36.5 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sprout Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Deer Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Iron Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Peak 9712: 6.2 mi
- Jumbo Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Atlanta Hot Springs: 17.9 mi
- Chattanooga Hot Spring: 18.0 mi
- Greylock Hot Spring: 18.2 mi
- Elk Point: 18.5 mi
- Big Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Rocky Bar: 11.6 mi
- Soldier Mountain Game Preserve: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Grouse Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky Dome | ESE 111° | 3,077 m | 11.6 mi |
| Two Point Mountain | NE 35° | 3,061 m | 15.4 mi |
| Big Peak | ENE 69° | 3,049 m | 22.7 mi |
| North Smoky Dome | ESE 108° | 3,029 m | 11.9 mi |
| Ross Peak | NNE 30° | 2,970 m | 13.6 mi |
| Steel Mountain | NNW 328° | 2,965 m | 15.6 mi |
| Peak 9712 | ESE 107° | 2,960 m | 6.2 mi |
| Paradise Peak | NE 50° | 2,959 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:15 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:42 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:21 | 17:08 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hill City 1 W, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 382707 — Grouse Butte, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358656186
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