Pence Butte
Pence Butte rises to 1,736 m in Idaho. Matterhorn stands 3,250 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49060605, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,736 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Hill: 2.6 mi
- Middle Butte: 7.3 mi
- Mosquito Lake Butte: 8.9 mi
- Poison Butte: 9.3 mi
- Burnt Butte: 9.4 mi
- Coyote Spring: 9.2 mi
- Whiteside Spring: 9.8 mi
- Robinson Hole: 11.2 mi
- Granite Spring: 11.9 mi
- Chicken Spring: 14.4 mi
- Black Rock: 4.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 4.8 mi
- Danger Point: 21.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.3 mi
- The Palisade: 24.7 mi
- Castle Grayskull: 15.0 mi
- Jarbidge Falls: 21.7 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 20.1 mi
- Rowland: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Pence Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn | SSW 193° | 3,250 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bald Peak | SSW 197° | 3,208 m | 18.2 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | SSW 197° | 3,207 m | 18.5 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | SSW 196° | 3,189 m | 19.1 mi |
| Square Top | SSW 194° | 3,189 m | 19.7 mi |
| Cougar Peak | S 191° | 3,154 m | 21.4 mi |
| Prospect Peak | S 189° | 3,137 m | 21.0 mi |
| Government Peak | S 191° | 3,103 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 394900 — Pence Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358660291
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