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Piute Butte

Piute Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Piute Butte rises to 1,607 m in Idaho. Juniper Mountain stands 2,062 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Tules, a peak 2.8 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 26 miles off. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49062449, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,607 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20628, -116.56012

33 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Owyhee Falls: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Juniper MountainNW2,062 m22.2 mi
Rough MountainNW1,906 m17.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW1,870 m23.0 mi
Big Springs ButteNNE1,869 m19.2 mi
Turner ButteENE1,864 m24.6 mi
Turner TableNE1,830 m24.4 mi
The ButtesWNW1,807 m24.2 mi
Herds VNW1,798 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2219:59
June solstice06:1120:4421:27
September equinox07:3419:0819:45
December solstice08:1216:3217:18

Local time (America/Boise).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 374427 — Piute Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358652325

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