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Pickles Butte

Pickles Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Pickles Butte rises to 940 m in Idaho. Puhitempi Kuaikatete stands 2,051 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away. Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49061060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
940 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.48877, -116.71236

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Lowell Park: 5.9 mi
  • Marsing Island Park: 6.0 mi
  • Lower Dam Recreation Area--Deer Flat NWR: 7.1 mi
  • Fall River Park: 7.1 mi
  • South Fork Park: 7.2 mi
Peaks: 48
Artworks: 21
Museums: 13
  • Nampa Train Depot Museum and Interpretive Center: 9.9 mi
  • Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History: 11.5 mi
  • Warhawk Air Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Spirit of Flight Center: 11.8 mi
  • Melba Valley Museum: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Nampa Christian Field: 9.4 mi
  • Canyon County Veteran Memorial: 12.3 mi
  • Mill Wheel: 15.7 mi
  • Wees Bar Petroglyphs: 19.6 mi
  • Julius M. Kleiner: 20.6 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Tate's Rents: 7.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Caldwell Veteran's Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Borah Community Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Garden City Pollinator Habitat: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Meadowlark Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Horse Trap Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Briar Spring: 22.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Givens Hot Springs: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Beach: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pickles Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Puhitempi KuaikateteSSW 209°2,051 m17.9 mi
Black MountainS 180°2,015 m24.8 mi
Rooster Comb PeakSSW 192°1,918 m24.8 mi
Whiskey MountainSSW 191°1,868 m22.9 mi
Salmon ButteSSW 202°1,848 m16.3 mi
Getaway MountainSSW 205°1,834.896 m13.3 mi
Piute ButteSW 214°1,811 m15.2 mi
Flattop ButteSW 214°1,773 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2219:59
June solstice06:0720:4821:32
September equinox07:3519:0819:46
December solstice08:1716:2717:14

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746516067757365534032
Precip in1.21.01.11.11.20.70.30.20.40.81.11.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deer Flat DAM, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 376275 — Pickles Butte, Canyon County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358653623

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