Purple Butte
Purple Butte rises to 1,624 m in Idaho. Blizzard Mountain stands 2,839 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Coyote Butte, a peak 1.7 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064564, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,624 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Coyote Butte: 1.7 mi
- Two Point Butte: 4.7 mi
- Lava Butte: 5.3 mi
- Sheep Trail Butte: 5.8 mi
- New Butte: 6.2 mi
- Bridge of the Moon: 5.1 mi
- Snowdrift Crater: 7.7 mi
- Bridge of Tears: 7.9 mi
- Lava Trees: 11.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 13.1 mi
- Lava Point: 11.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Purple Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blizzard Mountain | NW 324° | 2,839 m | 20.1 mi |
| Black Cap | NNW 332° | 2,294 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 300° | 2,232 m | 20.8 mi |
| Big Cinder Butte | NNW 334° | 1,986 m | 11.9 mi |
| Sunset Cone | NNW 335° | 1,947 m | 15.7 mi |
| Silent Cone | NNW 332° | 1,934 m | 14.3 mi |
| Grassy Cone | NNW 331° | 1,920 m | 15.2 mi |
| North Crater | NNW 334° | 1,898 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:35 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:15 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 32 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arco 17 SW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358652407
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