McKinney Butte
McKinney Butte rises to 1,196 m in Idaho. Davis Mountain stands 2,070 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Head Butte, a peak 7.8 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49048918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1196 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- viewpoint 1 · 11 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 11 mi
- point 3 · 11 mi
- point 6 · 11 mi
53 named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Head Butte: 7.8 mi
- Gooding Butte: 8.3 mi
- Wrangle Hill: 11.3 mi
- Pioneer Butte: 11.9 mi
- Fir Grove Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Malad Gorge State Park: 10.9 mi
- Malad Gorge State Park: 11.6 mi
- Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.6 mi
- Hagerman City Park: 14.4 mi
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitors Center: 14.5 mi
- Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 13.7 mi
- Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History: 20.9 mi
- Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History: 20.9 mi
- Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 24.8 mi
- Devil's washbowl waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Salmon Falls: 18.0 mi
- Devils Washboard Falls: 24.4 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 13.9 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 14.0 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Big Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 19.0 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 21.9 mi
- Ritter Island: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McKinney Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Mountain | NNW 341° | 2,070 m | 14.2 mi |
| The Knob | NW 325° | 2,002 m | 16.5 mi |
| The Knob | NW 325° | 1,992 m | 16.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | N 351° | 1,969 m | 13.6 mi |
| Deer Heaven Mountain | NW 307° | 1,942 m | 23.8 mi |
| Fir Grove Mountain | N 7° | 1,889 m | 12.5 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NE 48° | 1,756 m | 23.9 mi |
| Johnson Hill | NNE 27° | 1,730 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:14 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:39 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:22 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerman 2 SW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358662244
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