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Player Butte

Player Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Player Butte rises to 1,854 m in Idaho. Elk Mountain stands 2,683 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Steamboat, a peak 1.0 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 8.1 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49062583, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1854 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00908, -114.81838

61 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 45
Springs: 13
  • Strawberry Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Sagehen Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Chicken Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Granite Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Elk Spring: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elk MountainWSW 256°2,683 m12.9 mi
Red PointWSW 256°2,679 m12.9 mi
Ellen D MountainS 184°2,614 m15.5 mi
White Elephant ButteWSW 241°2,574 m14.7 mi
China MountainS 171°2,541 m21.8 mi
Owens MountainWSW 246°2,539 m15.5 mi
Red Elephant ButteWSW 243°2,538 m15.0 mi
Mahogany Elephant ButteWSW 241°2,528 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1518:52
June solstice05:0519:3720:19
September equinox06:2718:0118:38
December solstice07:0515:2616:12

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252936425059686657443325
Precip in0.90.70.91.21.81.20.60.70.91.10.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackpot, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358662413

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