Salmon Butte
Salmon Butte rises to 1,848 m in Idaho. War Eagle Mountain stands 2,451 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal Bank, a cliff 2.0 miles away. Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070937, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,848 m
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Puhitempi Kuaikatete: 2.7 mi
- Getaway Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Piute Butte: 3.6 mi
- Dryden Peak: 4.0 mi
- Soldier Cap: 4.0 mi
- Marsing Island Park: 19.3 mi
- Lake Lowell Park: 22.1 mi
- Kurtz Park: 22.7 mi
- Jordan Valley City Park: 22.8 mi
- South Fork Park: 22.9 mi
- Tiddie Spring: 12.7 mi
- Briar Spring: 13.3 mi
- Black Horse Spring: 13.5 mi
- Horse Trap Spring: 18.4 mi
- Meadowlark Spring: 19.1 mi
- Dewey: 16.2 mi
- De Lamar: 16.9 mi
- Ruby City: 17.5 mi
- Silver City: 18.1 mi
- Coal Bank: 2.0 mi
- Murphy Rim: 15.3 mi
- Graveyard Rim: 20.5 mi
- Owyhee County Historical Society Museum and Library: 14.7 mi
- Melba Valley Museum: 16.9 mi
- Wees Bar Petroglyphs: 20.3 mi
- Benjamin Priest Ranch: 21.4 mi
- Givens Hot Springs: 12.0 mi
- Jump Falls: 15.1 mi
- Celebration Park: 15.6 mi
- Tate's Rents: 22.9 mi
- Wilson Springs: 23.1 mi
- Jesus Christ: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Salmon Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| War Eagle Mountain | SSE 160° | 2,451 m | 19.2 mi |
| Sawpit Peak | SSE 166° | 2,349 m | 19.8 mi |
| Florida Mountain | SSE 167° | 2,337 m | 18.0 mi |
| Stormy Hill | SSE 159° | 2,265 m | 19.5 mi |
| Slacks Mountain | SSE 160° | 2,219 m | 14.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | S 184° | 2,142 m | 12.6 mi |
| Tennessee Mountain | S 171° | 2,129 m | 15.1 mi |
| Glass Hill | SSE 168° | 2,074 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:51 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:48 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:29 | 17:15 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reynolds, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398085 — Salmon Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358663738
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- Nampa · 25 mi
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