Pigtail Butte
Pigtail Butte rises to 1,605 m in Idaho. Elk Mountain stands 2,683 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Butte, a peak 3.8 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061187, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,605 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
58 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Butte: 3.8 mi
- Emery Butte: 4.2 mi
- Marshall Butte: 5.4 mi
- Secret Cabin Butte: 6.0 mi
- Sugarloaf: 6.7 mi
- Whiteside Spring: 16.8 mi
- Granite Spring: 18.3 mi
- Strawberry Spring: 18.4 mi
- Chicken Spring: 21.6 mi
- Nat Soo Pah Hot Springs: 21.8 mi
- Balanced Rock State Park: 18.9 mi
- John B. Crawford Park: 23.1 mi
- Eastman Park: 24.2 mi
- Black Rock: 21.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 22.6 mi
- Balanced Rock: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pigtail Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mountain | SSW 198° | 2,683 m | 22.7 mi |
| Red Point | SSW 198° | 2,679 m | 22.7 mi |
| Wrangle Mountain | SSW 195° | 2,416 m | 24.1 mi |
| China Mountain | SSE 167° | 2,298 m | 15.5 mi |
| Steamboat | SSE 166° | 2,147 m | 19.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | S 178° | 2,121 m | 24.4 mi |
| Little Tug | SSE 167° | 2,062 m | 18.7 mi |
| Twin Buttes | SSE 156° | 2,060 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:15 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:38 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:26 | 17:11 |
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 | 28 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castleford 2 N, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358663612
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