The Buttes
The Buttes rises to 1,318 m in Montana. Crow Peak stands 2,861 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Hill, a peak 4.2 miles away. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082224, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,318 m
How to reach it
77 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Hill: 4.2 mi
- High Peak: 4.5 mi
- Lombard Hill: 4.5 mi
- Chewh-toowh-too-peh Hill: 4.7 mi
- Lone Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Missouri Headwaters State Park: 12.8 mi
- Holloway Park: 14.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 14.3 mi
- Three Forks Pond: 14.4 mi
- Massa Park: 14.5 mi
- White Rock Spring: 14.3 mi
- Piedmont Spring: 14.4 mi
- Trail Spring: 15.2 mi
- Boyd Spring: 16.5 mi
- Elkhorn Spring: 17.7 mi
- Edgewater Farms: 8.4 mi
- Townsend Fairgrounds: 14.7 mi
- Three Forks Rodeo Grounds: 15.7 mi
- Madison Buffalo Jump State Monument: 22.0 mi
- Broadwater County Museum: 14.6 mi
- Headwaters Railroad & Trident Heritage Center: 15.1 mi
- Headwaters Heritage Museum: 15.3 mi
- Manhattan Area Museum: 19.2 mi
- Three Forks Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- State Trust: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Peak | WNW 303° | 2,861 m | 23.4 mi |
| Elkhorn Peak | WNW 304° | 2,855 m | 24.6 mi |
| Windy Point | WNW 303° | 2,751 m | 24.9 mi |
| Blacktail Mountain | ESE 106° | 2,551 m | 20.7 mi |
| Zade Mountain | ESE 105° | 2,464 m | 21.9 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | NE 53° | 2,344 m | 22.3 mi |
| Hatfield Mountain | E 93° | 2,325 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sixmile Mountain | ENE 66° | 2,321 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:59 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:35 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 15:53 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trident, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357931138
Day trips start here
- Three Forks · 15 mi
- Belgrade · 27 mi
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