Player Butte
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. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 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
- 1,854 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Steamboat: 1.0 mi
- Little Tug: 1.2 mi
- China Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Bear Mountain: 7.5 mi
- 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
- Black Rock: 21.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 21.4 mi
- San Jacinto: 12.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mountain | WSW 256° | 2,683 m | 12.9 mi |
| Red Point | WSW 256° | 2,679 m | 12.9 mi |
| Ellen D Mountain | S 184° | 2,614 m | 15.5 mi |
| White Elephant Butte | WSW 241° | 2,574 m | 14.7 mi |
| Owens Mountain | WSW 246° | 2,539 m | 15.5 mi |
| Red Elephant Butte | WSW 243° | 2,538 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mahogany Elephant Butte | WSW 241° | 2,528 m | 13.9 mi |
| White Peaks | S 169° | 2,512 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:26 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackpot, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358662413
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