Rocky Butte
Rocky Butte rises to 1,784 m in Idaho. Cobb Peak stands 3,512 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Gilman Butte, a peak 0.4 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069029, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,784 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chairlift Swing · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gilman Butte: 0.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.8 mi
- Prospects Hill: 2.1 mi
- Art Richards Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Rattler Butte: 3.9 mi
- Heagle Park: 4.7 mi
- Draper Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Lions Park: 4.9 mi
- Hop Porter Park: 5.2 mi
- Werthheimer Park: 5.2 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 10.2 mi
- Martin Spring: 10.4 mi
- Wurst Spring: 11.5 mi
- Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 14.0 mi
- Strode Spring: 22.3 mi
- KECH-FM (Sun Valley): 14.3 mi
- Hemingway Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 11.9 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 12.3 mi
- Sun Valley Museum of Art: 15.6 mi
- Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Rocky Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobb Peak | NNE 33° | 3,512 m | 22.8 mi |
| Jacqueline Peak | NE 37° | 3,361 m | 22.5 mi |
| Grays Peak | NE 44° | 3,160 m | 20.4 mi |
| Paymaster Peak | NE 35° | 3,137 m | 21.2 mi |
| Baker Peak | NW 314° | 3,098 m | 21.2 mi |
| Big Peak | NW 310° | 3,049 m | 23.0 mi |
| Johnstone Peak | NNE 22° | 3,011 m | 19.4 mi |
| Peak 9728 | NW 325° | 2,965 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:12 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:39 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:18 | 17:05 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398063 — Rocky Butte, Blaine County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358663710
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