Long Butte
Long Butte rises to 1,258 m in Idaho. Poison Butte stands 1,682 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Butte, a peak 2.7 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046303, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,258 m
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
34 named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Butte: 2.7 mi
- Austin Butte: 4.4 mi
- Winter Camp Butte: 5.9 mi
- Twin Butte: 6.6 mi
- Miller Water Table: 10.7 mi
- Windy Point: 5.3 mi
- City of Rocks: 21.3 mi
- Black Rocks: 22.0 mi
- Jarbidge Falls: 18.0 mi
- Castle Grayskull: 23.1 mi
- Snake River Birds of Prey Area: 22.3 mi
- Bruneau Dunes State Park: 24.7 mi
- Hot Springs Bench: 17.5 mi
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Long Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Butte | WSW 244° | 1,682 m | 21.0 mi |
| Juniper Butte | SSE 150° | 1,668 m | 23.4 mi |
| Buster Butte | SW 225° | 1,613 m | 19.7 mi |
| Clover Butte | SE 144° | 1,574 m | 14.9 mi |
| Gedney Butte | WSW 251° | 1,538 m | 17.1 mi |
| Horse Butte | ESE 119° | 1,533 m | 19.5 mi |
| Monument Butte | SW 216° | 1,479 m | 11.6 mi |
| Table Butte | W 265° | 1,475 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:41 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:27 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 76 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bruneau, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358651809
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