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Horse Butte

Horse Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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. 44 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
1443 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50269, -113.39389

44 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 20
Parks: 19
  • 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
Rest areas: 2
  • Westbound Rest Area & DOT Scale: 0.7 mi
  • Eastbound Rest Area & DOT Scale: 0.8 mi
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HarrisonSW 225°2,745 m19.0 mi
Pomerelle PeakSW 220°2,670.658 m17.7 mi
Conner RidgeSW 218°2,538.07 m16.3 mi
Hartley PeakESE 106°2,269 m23.6 mi
Cedar Creek PeakESE 102°2,261 m17.7 mi
Eagle PointESE 117°1,992 m15.6 mi
Badger PeakENE 79°1,956 m17.2 mi
Red Rock MountainS 188°1,938 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5519:33
December solstice08:0116:1917:04

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283240475664727061493828
Precip in1.20.80.91.01.30.70.20.30.70.80.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minidoka DAM, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358662014

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