Lookout Butte
Lookout Butte rises to 1,338 m in Idaho. Mosquito Lake Butte stands 1,697 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Butte, a peak 2.7 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America; geonames ID = 5599503
Wikidata Q49046505, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1338 m
How to reach it
- 29.3 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
38 named places within 25 miles
- Long Butte: 2.7 mi
- Austin Butte: 7.0 mi
- Winter Camp Butte: 7.1 mi
- Twin Butte: 8.2 mi
- Catholic Butte: 10.8 mi
- Windy Point: 6.1 mi
- City of Rocks: 24.1 mi
- Black Rocks: 24.7 mi
- Jarbidge Falls: 16.4 mi
- Castle Grayskull: 21.0 mi
- Hot Springs Bench: 16.4 mi
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 23.5 mi
- Snake River Birds of Prey Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lookout Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosquito Lake Butte | SSE 155° | 1,697 m | 23.4 mi |
| Poison Butte | WSW 251° | 1,682 m | 22.0 mi |
| Juniper Butte | SSE 152° | 1,668 m | 20.8 mi |
| Burnt Butte | SSE 149° | 1,631 m | 23.6 mi |
| Coonskin Butte | ESE 121° | 1,625 m | 23.6 mi |
| Buster Butte | SW 233° | 1,613 m | 19.9 mi |
| Clover Butte | SE 146° | 1,574 m | 12.2 mi |
| Gedney Butte | W 259° | 1,538 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:41 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 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, 28 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358651818
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