Piute Butte
Piute Butte rises to 1,811 m in Idaho. Slacks Mountain stands 2,219 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dryden Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49062453, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1811 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Dryden Peak: 0.8 mi
- Tims Peak: 2.0 mi
- Getaway Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Walker Benchmark: 3.0 mi
- Puhitempi Kuaikatete: 3.1 mi
- Marsing Island Park: 17.0 mi
- Lake Lowell Park: 21.0 mi
- Lower Dam Recreation Area--Deer Flat NWR: 21.1 mi
- Mallard Park: 21.9 mi
- Fall River Park: 22.1 mi
- Horse Trap Spring: 14.8 mi
- Meadowlark Spring: 15.5 mi
- Tiddie Spring: 16.3 mi
- Briar Spring: 16.8 mi
- Black Horse Spring: 17.1 mi
- Dewey: 19.4 mi
- De Lamar: 19.7 mi
- Ruby City: 20.9 mi
- Silver City: 21.4 mi
- Coal Bank: 5.0 mi
- Graveyard Rim: 17.0 mi
- Murphy Rim: 18.3 mi
- Owyhee County Historical Society Museum and Library: 17.8 mi
- Melba Valley Museum: 18.3 mi
- Nampa Train Depot Museum and Interpretive Center: 24.8 mi
- Wees Bar Petroglyphs: 22.7 mi
- Benjamin Priest Ranch: 23.9 mi
- Nampa Christian Field: 24.5 mi
- Givens Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
- Jump Falls: 11.9 mi
- Celebration Park: 17.9 mi
- Tate's Rents: 22.4 mi
- Wilson Springs: 22.8 mi
- Jesus Christ: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Piute Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slacks Mountain | SSE 156° | 2,219 m | 17.8 mi |
| Twin Peaks | S 174° | 2,142 m | 15.3 mi |
| Tennessee Mountain | SSE 164° | 2,129 m | 18.3 mi |
| Glass Hill | SSE 162° | 2,074 m | 17.2 mi |
| Puhitempi Kuaikatete | S 182° | 2,051 m | 3.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 145° | 2,015 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mahogany Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,985 m | 19.4 mi |
| Little Sugar Loaf | SSE 148° | 1,946 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:49 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:29 | 17:15 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reynolds, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 374428 — Piute Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358652328
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- Nampa · 24 mi
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