Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 2,655 m in Idaho. Lem Peak stands 3,346 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is White Valley Mountain, a peak 5.9 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Custer County, Idaho, United States.
Wikidata Q49067070, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,655 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
66 named places within 25 miles
- White Valley Mountain: 5.9 mi
- White Goat Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Corkscrew Mountain: 7.9 mi
- White Mountain: 8.3 mi
- White Mountain West: 9.2 mi
- McNabbs Point: 7.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 12.6 mi
- Meyers Cove Point: 14.2 mi
- Red Point: 22.6 mi
- Challis Hot Springs: 11.1 mi
- Show Bath Hot Springs: 13.2 mi
- Owen Cabin Hot Spring: 19.9 mi
- Upper Loon Creek Hot Springs: 20.1 mi
- Central Park: 10.3 mi
- Challis Fish Pond: 10.5 mi
- Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 11.7 mi
- Painted Rock: 10.3 mi
- CHS: 10.4 mi
- Parker Mill: 12.7 mi
- Bruno Cabin Ruins: 13.8 mi
- Challis Bridge Recreation Site: 13.3 mi
- Custer Museum: 24.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Peak | ENE 67° | 3,346 m | 24.9 mi |
| May Mountain | E 82° | 3,309 m | 24.7 mi |
| White Mountain West | WSW 242° | 3,183 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | S 182° | 3,139 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Jordan | WSW 242° | 3,042 m | 24.9 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NNE 18° | 3,041 m | 18.0 mi |
| White Valley Mountain | WSW 259° | 3,040 m | 5.9 mi |
| Ramshorn Mountain | S 185° | 3,017 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:11 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:42 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:12 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Challis AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 389183 — Red Butte, Custer County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358658257
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