Packer Butte
Packer Butte rises to 1,771 m in Idaho. Smoky Dome stands 3,077 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cat Creek Summit, a peak 1.5 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059291, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,771 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
70 named places within 25 miles
- Cat Creek Summit: 1.5 mi
- Summit Benchmark: 4.0 mi
- Wood Creek Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Coyote Benchmark: 6.5 mi
- Bennett Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Soldier Mountain Game Preserve: 3.9 mi
- East Side Park: 21.4 mi
- Stone Tree Park: 21.5 mi
- Legacy Park: 21.5 mi
- Carl Miller Park: 21.5 mi
- Big Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Mountain Home Historical Museum: 21.8 mi
- Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 22.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 12.9 mi
- Community Wall: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Packer Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky Dome | NE 52° | 3,077 m | 23.8 mi |
| North Smoky Dome | NE 52° | 3,029 m | 24.5 mi |
| Peak 9712 | NE 39° | 2,960 m | 22.0 mi |
| Third Peak | NE 54° | 2,946 m | 24.2 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NE 37° | 2,942 m | 22.2 mi |
| Second Peak | NE 55° | 2,904 m | 24.7 mi |
| Boardman Peak | NE 45° | 2,882 m | 22.5 mi |
| Trinity Mountain | NNW 345° | 2,880 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:42 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:23 | 17:09 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hill City 1 W, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358665576
Day trips start here
- Mountain Home · 22 mi
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