Marshall Butte
Marshall Butte rises to 1,680 m in Idaho. Elk Mountain stands 2,683 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Butte, a peak 3.7 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49048057, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,680 m
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
52 named places within 25 miles
- Black Butte: 3.7 mi
- Pigtail Butte: 5.4 mi
- Cedar Butte: 5.8 mi
- Signal Butte: 6.6 mi
- Bud Lewis Hill: 7.1 mi
- Whiteside Spring: 13.8 mi
- Granite Spring: 15.9 mi
- Strawberry Spring: 17.8 mi
- Chicken Spring: 19.7 mi
- Coyote Spring: 20.1 mi
- Black Rock: 17.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 18.5 mi
- Balanced Rock State Park: 20.1 mi
- Balanced Rock: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marshall Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mountain | S 185° | 2,683 m | 20.7 mi |
| Red Point | S 185° | 2,679 m | 20.7 mi |
| White Elephant Butte | S 185° | 2,574 m | 24.8 mi |
| Owens Mountain | S 188° | 2,539 m | 24.0 mi |
| Red Elephant Butte | S 186° | 2,538 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mahogany Elephant Butte | S 183° | 2,528 m | 24.2 mi |
| Wrangle Mountain | S 182° | 2,416 m | 22.4 mi |
| Quartzite Butte | S 182° | 2,407 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castleford 2 N, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 395674 — Marshall Butte, Twin Falls County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358660753
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