Swensen Butte
Swensen Butte rises to 2,190 m in Idaho. Borah Peak stands 3,861 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bartlett Point, a cliff 2.2 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49080508, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,190 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Chilly Buttes: 4.4 mi
- Jerry Peak: 6.3 mi
- Flat Top: 6.7 mi
- Porphyry Peak: 8.2 mi
- White Knob Mountains: 8.4 mi
- Bartlett Point: 2.2 mi
- The Nose: 11.1 mi
- Birch Springs: 9.2 mi
- Pia Soko Patezopai’I: 20.1 mi
- Earthquake Interpretive Site: 9.8 mi
- Custer County Fair Grounds: 20.2 mi
- City of Mackay Tourist Park: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Swensen Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borah Peak | ENE 58° | 3,861 m | 11.7 mi |
| Leatherman Peak | E 79° | 3,727 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Church | E 85° | 3,725 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Breitenbach | E 86° | 3,700 m | 15.4 mi |
| Lost River Mountain | E 91° | 3,681 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Idaho | ENE 68° | 3,677 m | 10.9 mi |
| Donaldson Peak | E 85° | 3,665 m | 14.0 mi |
| Bad Rock | E 82° | 3,643 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:10 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:39 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:14 | 17:01 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 32 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 43 | 29 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chilly Barton Flat, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 397233 — Swensen Butte, Custer County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358662661
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