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Star Butte

Star Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Star Butte rises to 1,258 m in Idaho. Rush Peak stands 2,315 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 3.2 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49077631, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1258 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.37544, -116.69155

48 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
Parks: 8
  • Memorial Park: 15.9 mi
  • Weiser City Park: 16.2 mi
  • Weiser Veteran's Memorial Park: 16.2 mi
  • Time's Square Park: 16.3 mi
  • Heritage Park: 16.4 mi
Museums: 2
  • Cambridge Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Snake River Heritage Center: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
  • Coffee Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 24.1 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Baird Cabin: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rush PeakN 356°2,315 m23.5 mi
Sturgill PeakNW 324°2,308 m21.0 mi
Hitt PeakNW 323°2,260 m19.0 mi
Benton PeakNW 322°2,197 m21.7 mi
Iron MountainNW 306°1,976 m20.6 mi
Corner MountainNW 312°1,912 m20.3 mi
Chinamans HatNW 304°1,888 m20.5 mi
Tool CacheNW 326°1,886 m21.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2119:59
June solstice06:0320:5121:35
September equinox07:3519:0819:46
December solstice08:2016:2317:11

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232940485765747362493525
Precip in3.22.42.31.61.81.30.40.30.61.32.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cambridge, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358652946

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