Potato Buttes
Potato Buttes rises to 1,149 m in Montana. Finger Buttes stands 1,273 m to the east, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. 23 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,149 m
How to reach it
23 named places within 25 miles
- Finger Buttes: 5.7 mi
- Dead Horse Point: 6.6 mi
- Twin Buttes: 7.9 mi
- Tip Top Butte: 9.4 mi
- Wolf Point: 10.7 mi
- State Trust: 3.2 mi
- BLM: 6.2 mi
- Selway Spring: 22.0 mi
- Church Spring: 22.2 mi
- Capitol: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potato Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finger Buttes | E 83° | 1,273 m | 5.7 mi |
| Greasy Hill | WSW 247° | 1,238 m | 15.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 53° | 1,199 m | 19.1 mi |
| Wolf Point | WSW 248° | 1,198 m | 10.7 mi |
| Belltower Butte | NNE 28° | 1,198 m | 22.3 mi |
| Dead Horse Point | WSW 241° | 1,183 m | 6.6 mi |
| Tip Top Butte | W 262° | 1,182 m | 9.4 mi |
| Black Point | SSW 210° | 1,144 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:05 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:29 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ridgeway 1 S, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357955625
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