Needle Butte
Needle Butte rises to 1,531 m in Idaho. Gallagher Peak stands 2,991 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Butte, a peak 3.1 miles away. Sacajawea Historic Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49056510, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,531 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Lost Gold Trails Loop
35 named places within 25 miles
- Table Butte: 3.1 mi
- Clay Butte: 5.2 mi
- Camas Butte: 7.0 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.0 mi
- Cedar Butte: 7.3 mi
- Market Lake Wildlife Management Area: 18.4 mi
- Roberts Community Park: 22.5 mi
- Dubois Rest Area, I-15: 15.6 mi
- Reno Point: 18.1 mi
- Scott Samuelson Labrinth: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Needle Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallagher Peak | WNW 303° | 2,991 m | 23.5 mi |
| Indian Creek Butte | N 0° | 2,119 m | 24.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Point | WNW 289° | 2,006 m | 16.7 mi |
| Maud Mountain | NW 324° | 1,908 m | 20.1 mi |
| West Butte | E 86° | 1,889 m | 24.4 mi |
| Scott Butte | WNW 287° | 1,881 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bed Springs Butte | NNE 33° | 1,740 m | 23.7 mi |
| Lone Butte | NNE 14° | 1,647 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:04 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:32 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:08 | 16:55 |
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 | 18 | 23 | 35 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamer 4 NW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358662335
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