Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 1,994 m in Montana. Maiden Peak stands 3,115 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bachelor Mountan, a peak 5.1 miles away. Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States; geonames ID = 5673312.
Wikidata Q49067075, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,994 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Westward Overlook - Lemhi Pass CDT Access · 11 mi
- Westward View · 11 mi
52 named places within 25 miles
- Bachelor Mountan: 5.1 mi
- Pyramid Hill: 8.8 mi
- Da-ek Dow Go-et Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Painter Peak: 10.3 mi
- Bloody Dick Peak: 10.6 mi
- School & Masonic Lodge: 15.0 mi
- Hardware Store Museum: 15.0 mi
- Skinner's Saloon: 15.1 mi
- Hotel Meade: 15.1 mi
- Church: 15.1 mi
- Clark Canyon Reservoir Recreational Area: 16.7 mi
- Sacajawea Monument: 20.3 mi
- Fort Lemhi Monument: 20.3 mi
- Barretts Station Park: 24.9 mi
- The Most Distant Fountain: 11.1 mi
- Flag Unfurling Monument: 16.9 mi
- Mill Point: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maiden Peak | SSE 159° | 3,115 m | 13.8 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSE 166° | 3,099 m | 18.3 mi |
| Horse Prairie Mountain | SSE 166° | 3,089 m | 18.2 mi |
| East and West Peak | SW 218° | 3,010 m | 16.3 mi |
| Goldstone Mountain | WNW 293° | 3,009 m | 18.5 mi |
| Goat Mountain | SW 218° | 3,007 m | 16.9 mi |
| Bloody Dick Peak | NNW 334° | 2,984 m | 10.6 mi |
| Ellis Peak | SSE 149° | 2,953 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:07 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:39 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:06 | 16:55 |
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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 789439 — Red Butte, Beaverhead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357938373
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