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Signal Butte

Signal Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Signal Butte rises to 1,800 m in Idaho. Elk Mountain stands 2,683 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bud Lewis Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49073702, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1800 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16741, -115.01394

54 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 42
Springs: 10
  • Whiteside Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Granite Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Strawberry Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Chicken Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Signal Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elk MountainS 190°2,683 m14.4 mi
Red PointS 190°2,679 m14.4 mi
White Elephant ButteS 189°2,574 m18.4 mi
Owens MountainSSW 194°2,539 m17.7 mi
Red Elephant ButteS 190°2,538 m18.2 mi
Mahogany Elephant ButteS 187°2,528 m17.8 mi
Wrangle MountainS 185°2,416 m16.0 mi
Quartzite ButteS 185°2,407 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:0519:3820:20
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0615:2616:12

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293137425057666557463528
Precip in1.10.91.22.22.31.20.70.50.91.01.31.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murphy (desert) HOT Springs, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358661075

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