Horse Butte
Horse Butte rises to 1,533 m in Idaho. Mud Flat Hill stands 1,831 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Coonskin Butte, a peak 6.9 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037151, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,533 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
46 named places within 25 miles
- Coonskin Butte: 6.9 mi
- Clover Butte: 8.9 mi
- Black Butte: 11.8 mi
- Castleford Butte: 12.3 mi
- Crows Nest Butte: 12.3 mi
- Castle Grayskull: 20.3 mi
- Jarbidge Falls: 21.2 mi
- Balanced Rock State Park: 16.6 mi
- Balanced Rock: 16.7 mi
- Windy Point: 21.9 mi
- Hot Springs Bench: 24.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Flat Hill | SSE 164° | 1,831 m | 24.4 mi |
| Signal Butte | SSE 147° | 1,800 m | 20.7 mi |
| Horse Hill | S 185° | 1,795 m | 25.0 mi |
| Little Grassy Hill | SSE 159° | 1,785 m | 20.5 mi |
| Cedar Butte | SE 131° | 1,763 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bud Lewis Hill | SE 141° | 1,762 m | 22.0 mi |
| Pence Butte | S 187° | 1,736 m | 22.5 mi |
| Poison Butte | SSW 211° | 1,723 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:39 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castleford 2 N, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358656404
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