Specimen Butte
Specimen Butte rises to 2,974 m in Montana. Taylor Peaks stands 3,428 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Marmot Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49076267, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,974 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Marmot Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Flatiron Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bucks Nest: 2.7 mi
- Lazyman Hill: 3.1 mi
- Red Hill: 4.1 mi
- Thompson-Hickman Museum: 22.1 mi
- Ranks Drug Store Museum: 22.1 mi
- J. Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum: 22.1 mi
- Kiskadden’s Stone Block: 22.1 mi
- Madison Valley History Museum: 22.5 mi
- Wall Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area: 17.4 mi
- Virginia City Park: 22.0 mi
- Ennis Lions Club Community Park: 25.0 mi
- Union City Christeot Mill: 16.9 mi
- Place of Discovery: 21.7 mi
- 2 Story Outhouse: 23.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 24.9 mi
- Union City: 16.6 mi
- Nevada City: 23.4 mi
- Montana State Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Maloney Spring: 15.2 mi
- Buffalo Jumps: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Specimen Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Peaks | E 79° | 3,428 m | 16.7 mi |
| Echo Peak | ESE 102° | 3,414 m | 16.6 mi |
| Hilgard Peak | ESE 107° | 3,409 m | 17.2 mi |
| Koch Peak | E 79° | 3,408 m | 16.7 mi |
| Imp Peak | E 90° | 3,393 m | 16.7 mi |
| Dutchman Peak | ESE 104° | 3,318 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | E 94° | 3,295 m | 18.1 mi |
| No Man Peak | ENE 69° | 3,285 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:01 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:33 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:00 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 64 | 54 | 43 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alder 17 S, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 791140 — Specimen Butte, Madison County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357939380
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