Rock Island Butte
Rock Island Butte rises to 2,706 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,706 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 6.0 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 3 mi
- Crazy Creek · 4 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 9 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Index Peak: 4.6 mi
- Crazy Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Pilot Peak: 4.7 mi
- Jim Smith Peak: 5.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.2 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Impasse Falls: 8.2 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 10.4 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 16.7 mi
- Calamity Falls: 17.2 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 14.9 mi
- Reef Creek: 15.9 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 9.2 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 19.6 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 22.9 mi
- Willow Park: 2.9 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 6.9 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 7.0 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 9.2 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 19.1 mi
- Wahb spring: 20.1 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Rock Island Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | N 357° | 3,904 m | 11.0 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | N 355° | 3,882 m | 11.3 mi |
| Castle Mountain | NE 51° | 3,842 m | 10.3 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | ENE 60° | 3,821 m | 11.7 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | N 1° | 3,791 m | 11.2 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | NE 47° | 3,785 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Peal | N 6° | 3,778 m | 10.9 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | ENE 70° | 3,763 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:52 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 55 | 47 | 36 | 23 | 13 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silver Gate, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 775855 — Rock Island Butte, Carbon County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357930074
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