Shafer Butte
Shafer Butte rises to 2,308 m in Idaho. Freeman Peak stands 2,467 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Doe Point, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072496, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,308 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 8.7 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Lower Payette River Heritage Scenic Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Doe Point: 1.2 mi
- Deer Point: 1.3 mi
- Bob's Knob: 1.3 mi
- Mores Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Deer Point: 2.2 mi
- Foothills Heritage Park: 8.7 mi
- Stewart Gulch Park: 9.8 mi
- Briarhill Park: 10.6 mi
- Hillside Park: 10.6 mi
- Boise Hills Park: 10.7 mi
- Frank Steunenberg Statue: 12.0 mi
- Gentle Breeze: 12.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 12.1 mi
- Blue Bench: 12.1 mi
- Giants: 12.1 mi
- Model 1840 Seacoast Gun Cannon: 12.0 mi
- Replica of the Liberty Bell: 12.0 mi
- Spirit of Idaho Women: 12.0 mi
- Idaho Fallen Soldier Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Let Freedom Ring: 12.0 mi
- Firewise Garden: 12.3 mi
- Western Water Wise Garden: 12.3 mi
- Meditation Garden: 12.3 mi
- Garden City Pollinator Habitat: 12.3 mi
- Lewis & Clark Garden: 12.3 mi
- Hawkins Range Reserve: 6.2 mi
- Hulls Gulch Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 7.2 mi
- Antelope Bitterbrush Reserve: 9.1 mi
- Hillside to Hollow Reserve: 10.5 mi
- Hulls Gulch Reserve: 10.6 mi
- Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center: 10.2 mi
- Idaho museum of mining and geology: 12.2 mi
- Old Idaho Penitentiary: 12.3 mi
- Discovery Center of Idaho: 12.5 mi
- Idaho Black History Museum: 12.5 mi
- Historic Broadway Block: 13.5 mi
- A-10: 16.1 mi
- Camille Beckman Factory: 16.4 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 23.8 mi
- Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Springs: 22.1 mi
- Skinny Dipper's Hot Springs: 22.2 mi
- Smith Cabin Hot Spring: 23.8 mi
- Loftus Hot Spring: 24.4 mi
- Riverside Beach: 12.8 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 16.7 mi
- Marianne Williams Park Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Barclay Bay Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 20.2 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 20.3 mi
- Baldwin: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Shafer Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Peak | ENE 57° | 2,467 m | 22.7 mi |
| Pilot Peak | ENE 57° | 2,466 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sunset Mountain | ENE 68° | 2,393 m | 23.7 mi |
| Wilson Peak | NE 51° | 2,382 m | 21.6 mi |
| Thorn Creek Butte | E 96° | 2,291 m | 16.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 96° | 2,279 m | 17.3 mi |
| Jackson Peak | NE 43° | 2,234 m | 22.7 mi |
| Hawley Mountain | N 11° | 2,221 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:19 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:47 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:23 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 73 | 72 | 63 | 51 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise 7 N, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358658578
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