Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 2,614 m in Montana. Three Sisters stands 2,711 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States.
Wikidata Q49067085, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,614 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Sphinx Peak: 3.6 mi
- Gladiator Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Fault Peak: 4.3 mi
- Cliff Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Chinese Wall: 4.0 mi
- Hoadley Reef: 8.8 mi
- Wall Creek Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Big Slide: 18.8 mi
- Limestone Wall: 22.2 mi
- Dean Falls: 20.4 mi
- Holland Falls: 23.8 mi
- Sun River Game Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 12.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Red Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Sisters | N 6° | 2,711 m | 12.7 mi |
| Slategoat Mountain | NE 41° | 2,707 m | 7.7 mi |
| Redhead Peak | N 5° | 2,675 m | 10.8 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSE 161° | 2,664 m | 7.4 mi |
| Junction Mountain | S 187° | 2,649 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cliff Mountain | N 349° | 2,611 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sphinx Peak | NNW 333° | 2,591 m | 3.6 mi |
| Bullet Nose Mountain | SW 226° | 2,559 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:05 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:46 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 15:51 | 16:44 |
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 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 60 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibson DAM, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357956912
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