Potato Buttes
Potato Buttes rises to 1,094 m in Montana. Finger Buttes stands 1,273 m to the east-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. 26 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Carter County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063697, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,094 m
How to reach it
26 named places within 25 miles
- Finger Buttes: 6.4 mi
- Twin Buttes: 7.5 mi
- Dead Horse Point: 7.5 mi
- Tip Top Butte: 9.4 mi
- Wolf Point: 11.2 mi
- State Trust: 1.5 mi
- BLM: 5.7 mi
- Selway Spring: 21.8 mi
- Church Spring: 22.1 mi
- Capitol: 22.9 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 | ESE 103° | 1,273 m | 6.4 mi |
| Greasy Hill | WSW 239° | 1,238 m | 16.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,199 m | 18.4 mi |
| Wolf Point | WSW 237° | 1,198 m | 11.2 mi |
| Belltower Butte | NNE 33° | 1,198 m | 20.7 mi |
| Dead Horse Point | SW 224° | 1,183 m | 7.5 mi |
| Tip Top Butte | WSW 249° | 1,182 m | 9.4 mi |
| Black Point | SSW 203° | 1,144 m | 13.6 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 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357955629
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