Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 2,269 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 3.1 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States; geonames ID = 5673310.
Wikidata Q49067078, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,269 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grand Vista Scenic Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Quartz Hill: 4.6 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Humbolt Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Alturas Number One Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Crystal Park: 13.7 mi
- Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 15.8 mi
- Clark's Lookout State Park: 16.2 mi
- Clarks Lookout State Park: 16.3 mi
- West Side Park: 16.5 mi
- Hangmans Gulch: 11.1 mi
- Hotel Meade: 11.3 mi
- Hardware Store Museum: 11.3 mi
- Skinner's Saloon: 11.3 mi
- School & Masonic Lodge: 11.3 mi
- Warm Spring: 14.1 mi
- Reservoir Spring: 20.6 mi
- Box Spring: 21.1 mi
- Mill Spring: 21.2 mi
- Garrison Spring: 21.3 mi
- Coolidge: 12.6 mi
- Clark's Lookout Monument: 16.3 mi
- The Sandbar: 3.4 mi
- Aspen Rest Stop: 8.2 mi
- Mill Point: 8.3 mi
- Lupine Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Beaverhead County Museum: 16.5 mi
- Biltmore Hot Springs: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Red Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweedy Mountain | N 355° | 3,394 m | 11.1 mi |
| Torrey Mountain | N 352° | 3,392 m | 9.4 mi |
| Granite Mountain | N 2° | 3,238 m | 17.1 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | WNW 301° | 3,211 m | 4.6 mi |
| Alturas Number Two Mountain | NNW 328° | 3,191 m | 6.0 mi |
| Barb Mountain | N 360° | 3,190 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Alverson | N 354° | 3,176 m | 14.6 mi |
| Highboy Mountain | NNW 335° | 3,174 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:05 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:39 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:03 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 39 | 27 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 18 WSW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357929747
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