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Poison Butte

Poison Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Poison Butte rises to 1,682 m in Idaho. Crab Spring Butte stands 1,915 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station, a historic site 3.4 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49062943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1682 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41990, -115.94010

33 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 25
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 3.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Jarbidge Falls: 18.7 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crab Spring ButteWNW 297°1,915 m18.8 mi
Otter ButtesSSW 191°1,914 m20.0 mi
Turner ButteWSW 255°1,864 m10.6 mi
Wild Horse TableWSW 249°1,853 m6.3 mi
Turner TableW 268°1,830 m11.9 mi
Bull Creek PointS 171°1,828 m22.2 mi
SugarloafNW 319°1,812 m16.2 mi
Little Blue TableSSW 211°1,789 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1919:56
June solstice06:0820:4221:25
September equinox07:3219:0619:43
December solstice08:1116:2917:15

Local time (America/Boise).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358662420

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