Rattlesnake Butte
Rattlesnake Butte rises to 803 m in Idaho. Puhitempi Kuaikatete stands 2,051 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Graveyard Point, a peak 1.9 miles away. Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066676, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 803 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Pposed Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Lower Payette River Heritage Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Graveyard Point: 1.9 mi
- Flat Top Butte: 4.3 mi
- Elephant Butte: 9.6 mi
- Pickle Butte: 9.9 mi
- Lizard Butte: 10.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 9.3 mi
- Marsing Island Park: 9.5 mi
- Big Bend Park: 10.7 mi
- Two Rivers Community Park: 13.4 mi
- Lower Dam Recreation Area--Deer Flat NWR: 13.6 mi
- Owyhee Dam Museum: 14.4 mi
- Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History: 17.0 mi
- Indian Creek Museum: 17.0 mi
- Lee Moberly Museum: 21.3 mi
- Nampa Train Depot Museum and Interpretive Center: 21.7 mi
- Graveyard Rim: 3.3 mi
- Gravelly Point: 8.0 mi
- The Tongue: 12.4 mi
- The Big Slide: 19.0 mi
- Coal Bank: 23.0 mi
- Meadowlark Spring: 10.8 mi
- Horse Trap Spring: 11.5 mi
- Snively Hot Springs: 16.1 mi
- Cow trough: 19.4 mi
- Mud Spring: 22.5 mi
- Snively Hot Springs: 16.1 mi
- Branson Hollow: 23.1 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 24.4 mi
- Canyon County Veteran Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Nampa Christian Field: 20.3 mi
- Mill Wheel: 21.3 mi
- Caldwell Veteran's Garden: 16.9 mi
- Tate's Rents: 20.9 mi
- Jump Falls: 6.4 mi
- Givens Hot Springs: 17.2 mi
- Jesus Christ: 21.3 mi
- Wilson Springs: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Rattlesnake Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puhitempi Kuaikatete | SSE 165° | 2,051 m | 21.0 mi |
| Salmon Butte | SSE 158° | 1,848 m | 21.4 mi |
| Getaway Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,835 m | 18.6 mi |
| Piute Butte | SSE 162° | 1,811 m | 18.0 mi |
| Flattop Butte | S 174° | 1,773 m | 22.1 mi |
| Walker Benchmark | SSE 153° | 1,719 m | 17.4 mi |
| Dryden Peak | SSE 161° | 1,710 m | 17.5 mi |
| Soldier Cap | SSE 148° | 1,632 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:50 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 16:28 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 36 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 73 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Homedale 1 SE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 397086 — Rattlesnake Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358662451
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- Nampa · 21 mi
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