Mouse Butte
Mouse Butte rises to 1,303 m in Montana. Antoine Butte stands 1,743 m to the south-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 6.0 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 25 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,303 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway
40 named places within 25 miles
- Green Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Beaver Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Damon Hill: 6.8 mi
- Coming Day Butte: 6.9 mi
- Shell Butte: 7.0 mi
- State Trust: 11.0 mi
- BLM: 12.6 mi
- Nantelle Spring: 12.1 mi
- Mud Spring: 13.6 mi
- Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 23.9 mi
- Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mouse Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Butte | SSE 164° | 1,743 m | 7.1 mi |
| Shell Butte | SSE 154° | 1,735 m | 7.0 mi |
| Old Scraggy Peak | SSE 146° | 1,731 m | 7.6 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | SE 139° | 1,689 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mission Peak | S 182° | 1,680 m | 7.6 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,673 m | 6.0 mi |
| Silver Peak | S 170° | 1,664 m | 10.0 mi |
| Gold Bug Butte | S 178° | 1,660 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:46 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:30 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 15:30 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 24 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 56 | 43 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Zortman, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357928832
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