King Butte
King Butte rises to 2,835 m in Montana. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Horn Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49041646, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,835 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Horn Peak: 1.5 mi
- Lava Butte: 1.6 mi
- Black Butte: 2.6 mi
- Crown Butte: 2.8 mi
- Canary Bird Peak: 2.8 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.4 mi
- Golden Stone Park - South: 17.2 mi
- Town Center: 17.2 mi
- Red Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 13.8 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 14.3 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 15.0 mi
- Point of Rocks: 16.2 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Corey Spring: 18.8 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 19.2 mi
- Palette Spring: 19.5 mi
- Cupid Spring: 19.5 mi
- New Blue Spring: 19.5 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 14.4 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 18.3 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 18.5 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 19.5 mi
- Osprey Falls: 21.8 mi
- Rustic Falls: 19.7 mi
- Undine Falls: 23.2 mi
- Wraith Falls: 24.1 mi
- Aldridge: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of King Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | ESE 110° | 3,341 m | 12.6 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | WSW 249° | 3,295 m | 18.1 mi |
| Woodward Mountain | WSW 256° | 3,246 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sage Peak | SW 220° | 3,189 m | 12.5 mi |
| Joseph Peak | SE 128° | 3,176 m | 12.2 mi |
| Redstreak Peak | SSW 211° | 3,151 m | 12.3 mi |
| Gray Peak | SE 132° | 3,139 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SE 140° | 3,137 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:58 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:30 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 15:57 | 16:46 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 19 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 806001 — King Butte, Gallatin County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357958157
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 18 mi
- West Yellowstone · 28 mi
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