Haystack Butte
Haystack Butte rises to 1,004 m in Montana. Antoine Butte stands 1,743 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 6.9 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Blaine County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,004 m
How to reach it
- 28.3 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway
60 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Butte: 8.1 mi
- Three Buttes: 8.3 mi
- Spirit Woman Butte: 8.4 mi
- Lookout Butte: 8.5 mi
- Belcher Peak: 9.3 mi
- State Trust: 6.9 mi
- BLM: 8.4 mi
- Sturgeon Island: 24.3 mi
- Nantelle Spring: 17.8 mi
- Mud Spring: 20.6 mi
- Bear Paw Battlefield - Nez Perce National Historical Park: 21.8 mi
- Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Haystack Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Butte | SE 131° | 1,743 m | 20.9 mi |
| Shell Butte | SE 128° | 1,735 m | 21.5 mi |
| Old Scraggy Peak | SE 126° | 1,731 m | 22.4 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,689 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mission Peak | SE 137° | 1,680 m | 19.9 mi |
| Black Butte | WNW 294° | 1,679 m | 13.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 126° | 1,673 m | 20.7 mi |
| Silver Peak | SE 137° | 1,664 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:47 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:31 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 15:31 | 16:25 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chinook 35se, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357927059
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