Middle Butte
Middle Butte rises to 1,703 m in Idaho. Bald Peak stands 3,208 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mosquito Lake Butte, a peak 3.1 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49049795, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1703 m
How to reach it
65 named places within 25 miles
- Mosquito Lake Butte: 3.1 mi
- Poison Butte: 4.9 mi
- Burnt Butte: 5.1 mi
- Juniper Butte: 5.5 mi
- Pence Butte: 7.3 mi
- Willow Spring: 14.2 mi
- Dead Horse Spring: 15.0 mi
- Whiteside Spring: 15.9 mi
- Coyote Spring: 16.5 mi
- Robinson Hole: 17.1 mi
- Castle Grayskull: 8.5 mi
- Jarbidge Falls: 14.8 mi
- Black Rock: 11.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.0 mi
- Hot Springs Bench: 18.4 mi
- Rowland: 23.2 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Middle Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Peak | S 183° | 3,208 m | 23.3 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | S 183° | 3,207 m | 23.6 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | S 182° | 3,189 m | 24.3 mi |
| North Hill | S 183° | 2,846 m | 21.9 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SSW 192° | 2,735 m | 24.1 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SE 134° | 2,683 m | 21.9 mi |
| Red Point | SE 134° | 2,679 m | 22.0 mi |
| White Elephant Butte | SE 141° | 2,574 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:39 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murphy (desert) HOT Springs, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 394761 — Middle Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358660185
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