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Mouse Butte

Mouse Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1303 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.03055, -108.61904

66 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 35
  • Green Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Beaver Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Damon Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Damon Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Coming Day Butte: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Springs: 2
Parks: 2
  • Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 15.7 mi
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Antoine ButteSSE 164°1,743 m7.1 mi
Shell ButteSSE 154°1,735 m7.0 mi
Old Scraggy PeakSSE 146°1,731 m7.6 mi
Beaver MountainSE 139°1,689 m6.3 mi
Mission PeakS 182°1,680 m7.6 mi
Green MountainSSE 149°1,673 m6.0 mi
Silver PeakS 170°1,664 m10.0 mi
Gold Bug ButteS 178°1,660 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4619:27
June solstice05:1620:3021:19
September equinox07:0218:3319:14
December solstice08:0215:3016:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242432415058666656433325
Precip in0.90.60.81.83.24.02.31.51.41.31.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Zortman, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357928832

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