Sheepherder Monument Butte
Sheepherder Monument Butte rises to 1,546 m in Idaho. Crater Butte stands 1,979 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Grassy Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. Sacajawea Historic Byway passes 12 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073091, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,546 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 13.8 mi off the Lost Gold Trails Loop
- 15.7 mi off the Fort Henry Historic Byway
90 named places within 25 miles
- Market Lake Wildlife Management Area: 14.3 mi
- Historic Monument Site of First Ferry: 14.9 mi
- Beaver Dick Park: 15.0 mi
- Aspen Acres DGC: 17.0 mi
- Aspen Acre's Disc Golf Course: 17.0 mi
- Little Grassy Butte: 0.8 mi
- Raumaker Butte: 2.2 mi
- Big Grassy Butte: 2.4 mi
- Gerber Butte: 3.4 mi
- Beacon Butte: 3.5 mi
- Fort Henry Historic Monument: 16.9 mi
- SJ Healing Crossroads Shrine by Scott & Janae Johnson: 17.1 mi
- Education Monument: 19.9 mi
- Veterans Freedom Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Legacy Flight Museum: 18.2 mi
- Romney Geology Museum: 19.8 mi
- Farnsworth TV & Pioneer Museum: 23.8 mi
- Scott Samuelson Labrinth: 10.9 mi
- Civil Defense Caves: 20.1 mi
- Thomas E. Ricks Memorial Gardens: 20.0 mi
- Student Gardens: 20.2 mi
- Dubois Rest Area, I-15: 14.8 mi
- Egin Bench: 14.9 mi
- China Point: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheepherder Monument Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crater Butte | NE 40° | 1,979 m | 24.1 mi |
| Pine Butte | NE 37° | 1,962 m | 24.0 mi |
| Cinder Butte | NNE 22° | 1,957 m | 24.2 mi |
| West Butte | E 84° | 1,889 m | 10.3 mi |
| Snowshoe Butte | NNE 25° | 1,826 m | 17.4 mi |
| Bed Springs Butte | N 356° | 1,740 m | 19.7 mi |
| Juniper Buttes | ENE 74° | 1,703 m | 11.4 mi |
| Lone Butte | NNW 330° | 1,647 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:31 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:06 | 16:54 |
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 | 18 | 23 | 35 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamer 4 NW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 397153 — Sheepherder Monument Butte, Fremont County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358662544
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