Skeleton Butte
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Skeleton Butte rises to 1,340 m in Idaho. Fuller Peak stands 2,274 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hansen Park, a park 4.9 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49074241, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1340 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 29.6 mi off the City of Rocks Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hansen Bridge Lookout · 4 mi
- Shoshone Falls Observation Deck · 9 mi
118 named places within 25 miles
- Hansen Park: 4.9 mi
- Hansen Park: 5.2 mi
- Dierkes Lake Park: 8.0 mi
- Dierkes Lake: 8.0 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 8.5 mi
- Hansen Butte: 5.5 mi
- Hazelton Butte: 7.3 mi
- Cinder Butte: 9.3 mi
- Stricker Butte: 10.3 mi
- Cedar Hill: 11.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Spring: 16.1 mi
- Moonshine Spring: 21.1 mi
- Hoops Spring: 21.4 mi
- Nat Soo Pah Hot Springs: 21.7 mi
- Huja Patezopai’I: 22.4 mi
- Honor Roll: 6.5 mi
- Reception Building: 6.5 mi
- Root Cellar: 6.5 mi
- Military Police Building: 6.5 mi
- Honor Roll: 6.5 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 8.6 mi
- Pillar Falls: 10.1 mi
- Perrine Coulee Falls: 12.2 mi
- Auger Falls: 15.2 mi
- Herrett Museum: 12.1 mi
- Twin Falls County Museum: 16.2 mi
- Jerome County Historical Museum: 17.4 mi
- Cassia County Historical Society: 23.1 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 8.6 mi
- Evel Knievel Jump Site: 9.7 mi
- Jerome County Fairgrounds: 17.9 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 8.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 12.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skeleton Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuller Peak | S 172° | 2,274 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mountain View Peak | S 189° | 2,244 m | 24.7 mi |
| Harrington Peak | S 177° | 2,219 m | 24.3 mi |
| Coal Pit Butte | S 174° | 2,214 m | 23.2 mi |
| Grand View Peak | S 189° | 2,197 m | 23.1 mi |
| Wooden Shoe Butte | S 187° | 2,066 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SSW 203° | 1,748 m | 17.1 mi |
| Kimama Butte | NE 54° | 1,527 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:36 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:21 | 17:07 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 41 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hazelton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 397168 — Skeleton Butte, Jerome County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358662560
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