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Lamb Butte

Lamb Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Lamb Butte rises to 1,685 m in Washington. Big Craggy Peak stands 2,575 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP passes 9.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Washington, United States of America

Wikidata Q49043334, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1685 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.66153, -120.21176

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 13
  • Mack Lloyd Park: 12.8 mi
  • Confluence Park: 12.8 mi
  • Homestream Park: 13.2 mi
  • Heckendorn Park: 13.4 mi
  • Cougar Lake Public Access: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 4
Artworks: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Bighorn Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 14.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Aaron Johnson Park: 20.5 mi
  • Methow Salmon Recovery Ponds: 20.7 mi
Museums: 1
  • Methow Valley Interpretive Center: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Native Plant Gardens: 21.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Lamb Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Craggy PeakNW 323°2,575 m8.8 mi
Lost PeakNW 313°2,552 m15.3 mi
Lake MountainWNW 301°2,525 m16.0 mi
Tiffany MountainE 87°2,512.2 m12.8 mi
West CraggyNW 319°2,512 m9.3 mi
Sherman PeakNW 314°2,499 m7.2 mi
Sunrise PeakWNW 303°2,471 m8.8 mi
McLeod MountainWNW 291°2,457 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3219:14
June solstice04:5920:1821:08
September equinox06:4818:1919:01
December solstice07:5215:1316:08

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232836455562706959453222
Precip in3.62.42.01.01.11.00.60.50.82.13.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazama, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1521873 — Lamb Butte, Okanogan County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/356545585

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