Peak · Montana
Iron Butte
Iron Butte rises to 1,433 m in Montana. Big John Butte stands 1,804 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Miles Butte, a peak 1.3 miles away. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,433 m
How to reach it
Coordinates48.26027, -109.08100
51 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 38
- Miles Butte: 1.3 mi
- Myrtle Butte: 1.9 mi
- McCann Butte: 2.9 mi
- Thunder Butte: 3.4 mi
- Suction Butte: 4.9 mi
Parks: 6
- Bear Paw Battlefield - Nez Perce National Historical Park: 10.2 mi
- Harlem Elementary School Park: 23.0 mi
- Lions Club Park: 23.1 mi
- Zurich Park: 23.7 mi
- Centennial Park: 24.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- BLM: 1.5 mi
- State Trust: 2.4 mi
- US Government: 21.6 mi
Museums: 3
- Pictorial Museum: 21.1 mi
- Blaine County Museum: 23.9 mi
- Wildlife Museum: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
- The Battle of Bear Paws: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iron Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big John Butte | W 260° | 1,804 m | 22.0 mi |
| Black Butte | WSW 237° | 1,679 m | 6.0 mi |
| Murphy Butte | WSW 256° | 1,661 m | 16.4 mi |
| Thunder Butte | SW 216° | 1,643 m | 3.4 mi |
| Corrigan Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,630 m | 14.2 mi |
| Timber Butte | W 267° | 1,629 m | 7.3 mi |
| Suction Butte | SSW 194° | 1,619 m | 4.9 mi |
| Johnson Butte | SW 225° | 1,602 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:48 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:32 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 772723 — Iron Butte, Blaine County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357927498
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