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Rattler Butte

Rattler Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Rattler Butte rises to 1,908 m in Idaho. Cobb Peak stands 3,512 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospects Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49066653, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1908 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.44046, -114.30143

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 19
  • Bellevue City Park: 2.8 mi
  • O'Donnell Park: 3.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 4.3 mi
  • Keefer Park: 4.5 mi
  • Heagle Park: 4.6 mi
Springs: 6
  • Martin Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Clay Bank Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Wurst Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 16.8 mi
  • Strode Spring: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Shoshone Ice Caves: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 13.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • Sun Valley Museum of Art: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 17.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Rattler Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cobb PeakNNE 24°3,512 m21.9 mi
McIntyre PeakNNE 28°3,416.808 m21.9 mi
Jacqueline PeakNNE 27°3,361.03 m21.4 mi
Iron MountainNNE 32°3,293.364 m21.9 mi
Grays PeakNNE 33°3,160 m18.9 mi
Paymaster PeakNNE 25°3,137.002 m20.3 mi
Johnstone PeakN 10°3,011 m19.4 mi
The PeanutNNE 19°2,935.529 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:50
June solstice05:5720:3921:22
September equinox07:2518:5919:36
December solstice08:0816:1817:05

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938475462716960483525
Precip in2.11.51.41.12.11.30.60.70.81.71.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 397085 — Rattler Butte, Blaine County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358662448

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