Horse Butte
Horse Butte rises to 1,443 m in Idaho. Mount Harrison stands 2,745 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Westbound Rest Area & DOT Scale, a rest area 0.7 miles away. City of Rocks Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Cassia County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037148, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,443 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the City of Rocks Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
43 named places within 25 miles
- North Chapin Mountain: 11.3 mi
- South Chapin Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Pine Knob: 14.2 mi
- Eagle Point: 15.6 mi
- Brigham Point: 15.9 mi
- Albion Park: 11.2 mi
- Lake Walcott State Park: 12.5 mi
- Neptune Park: 16.1 mi
- George Mass Veterans Park: 16.2 mi
- Lincoln Park: 16.3 mi
- Westbound Rest Area & DOT Scale: 0.7 mi
- Eastbound Rest Area & DOT Scale: 0.8 mi
- Minidoka County Historical Society Museum: 15.3 mi
- Cassia County Historical Society: 20.0 mi
- Idaho Roll Call Memorial: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horse Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harrison | SW 225° | 2,745 m | 19.0 mi |
| Pomerelle Peak | SW 220° | 2,671 m | 17.7 mi |
| Conner Ridge | SW 218° | 2,538 m | 16.3 mi |
| Hartley Peak | ESE 106° | 2,269 m | 23.6 mi |
| Cedar Creek Peak | ESE 102° | 2,261 m | 17.7 mi |
| Eagle Point | ESE 117° | 1,992 m | 15.6 mi |
| Badger Peak | ENE 79° | 1,956 m | 17.2 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | S 188° | 1,938 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:19 | 17:04 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minidoka DAM, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358662014
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