The Butte
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
The Butte rises to 1,442 m in Idaho. Sheep Mountain stands 2,256 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Not Even Once, a artwork 0.9 miles away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082203, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1442 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crofts Twilight Park: 1.2 mi
- Basic American Employee Park: 1.2 mi
- Dawn Lloyd Field: 1.5 mi
- Brentway Park: 1.7 mi
- Curtis Brinkman Park: 1.7 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Galbraith Hill: 11.8 mi
- Garden Peak: 12.0 mi
- Birch Creek Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 14.5 mi
- Not Even Once: 0.9 mi
- Alpenglow II: 9.0 mi
- My Backyard: 9.0 mi
- Mr. Caterpillar: 9.0 mi
- The Gesture;Steel Tears: 9.0 mi
- The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho: 8.9 mi
- The Museum of Idaho: 9.0 mi
- Collectors Corner Museum: 9.7 mi
- Bingham County Historical Museum: 17.3 mi
- Idaho Potato Museum: 17.3 mi
- Founding of Shelley: 1.1 mi
- Brandon Meppin Memorial Field: 5.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Idaho Vietnam Veteran's Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Cami: 16.9 mi
- Wild Adventure Corn Maze: 5.5 mi
- Lava Beds: 9.4 mi
- Lava Beds: 9.5 mi
- Eastern Idaho State Fair: 16.9 mi
- Idaho Falls: 9.2 mi
- Moulton Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Ozone: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,256 m | 24.3 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 115° | 2,254 m | 10.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 107° | 2,212 m | 21.8 mi |
| The Saddle | ESE 114° | 2,112 m | 21.7 mi |
| Jumpoff Hill | E 101° | 2,103 m | 23.0 mi |
| Ziegler Mountain | ESE 117° | 2,102 m | 15.6 mi |
| Higham Peak | S 177° | 2,027 m | 15.7 mi |
| Birch Creek Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,002 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:09 | 16:56 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Idaho Falls FAA AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 375460 — The Butte, Bingham County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358653115
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