Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 2,023 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Point, a cliff 1.5 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States; geonames ID = 5673313.
Wikidata Q49067077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,023 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grand Vista Scenic Overlook · 21 mi
- Westward Overlook - Lemhi Pass CDT Access · 27 mi
- Westward View · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garrett Hill: 3.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Red Butte: 6.9 mi
- Harrison Peak: 7.8 mi
- Crystal Park: 15.5 mi
- Barretts Station Park: 18.3 mi
- Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 20.1 mi
- Museum and Depot Park: 20.8 mi
- West Side Park: 20.9 mi
- Hangmans Gulch: 7.6 mi
- Hotel Meade: 7.7 mi
- Hardware Store Museum: 7.7 mi
- School & Masonic Lodge: 7.8 mi
- Skinner's Saloon: 7.8 mi
- Coolidge: 15.7 mi
- Clark's Lookout Monument: 21.0 mi
- Mill Point: 1.5 mi
- The Sandbar: 8.6 mi
- Aspen Rest Stop: 14.8 mi
- Lupine Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Beaverhead County Museum: 20.9 mi
- Warm Spring: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Red Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweedy Mountain | NNE 17° | 3,394 m | 15.7 mi |
| Torrey Mountain | NNE 18° | 3,392 m | 13.9 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNE 17° | 3,238 m | 21.9 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | NNE 16° | 3,211 m | 6.6 mi |
| Alturas Number Two Mountain | NNE 16° | 3,191 m | 9.3 mi |
| Barb Mountain | NNE 21° | 3,190 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Alverson | NNE 13° | 3,176 m | 18.9 mi |
| Highboy Mountain | NNE 13° | 3,174 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:06 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:39 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:04 | 16:53 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 789440 — Red Butte, Beaverhead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357938378
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