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Kettle Butte

Kettle Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Kettle Butte rises to 1,693 m in Idaho. East Butte stands 2,003 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Butte, a peak 3.5 miles away. Sacajawea Historic Byway passes 17 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49041344, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1693 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.59269, -112.37915

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roberts Community Park: 15.3 mi
  • Old Butte Park: 15.8 mi
  • Esquire Acres Park: 16.2 mi
  • Practice Field Park: 16.5 mi
  • Reinhart Park: 16.6 mi
Peaks: 18
Artworks: 13
  • Amsterdam Spring Tulips: 18.1 mi
  • Old Eagle Rock: 18.1 mi
  • Snake River Fur Trader: 18.2 mi
  • Midday and Morning: 18.2 mi
  • Look and Listen: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Idaho Falls: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Moulton Gardens: 19.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kettle Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East ButteWSW 245°2,003.146 m15.7 mi
Middle ButteWSW 249°1,947.977 m19.3 mi
Little ButteWSW 245°1,681 m10.6 mi
Table Legs ButteWSW 238°1,634 m23.3 mi
Saint Marys KnollSSW 209°1,627 m11.6 mi
North Menan ButteNE 56°1,594 m24.6 mi
Butterfly ButteSE 131°1,578 m3.5 mi
Shattuck ButteE 85°1,568 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0419:42
June solstice05:4920:3121:15
September equinox07:1718:5119:29
December solstice08:0016:0916:56

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202536445360686758453222
Precip in0.70.60.81.01.61.10.50.61.00.90.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Idaho Falls FAA AP, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396737 — Kettle Butte, Bonneville County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358662077

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