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The Buttes

The Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

The Buttes rises to 1,807 m in Idaho. South Mountain stands 2,361 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Herds V, a peak 2.4 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 9.0 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49082222, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1807 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.39461, -116.95874

48 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 41
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 1
  • Owyhee Falls: 13.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Three Forks Hot Spring: 14.8 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainN 5°2,361 m23.8 mi
Juniper MountainENE 57°2,062 m6.4 mi
Rough MountainE 86°1,906 m9.0 mi
Bald MountainS 185°1,870 m3.0 mi
Herds VNE 40°1,798 m2.4 mi
Slack MountainNE 51°1,780 m18.8 mi
Black ButteSW 222°1,778 m21.9 mi
Boni TableNE 51°1,759 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2320:00
June solstice06:1220:4621:29
September equinox07:3619:1019:47
December solstice08:1516:3317:19

Local time (America/Boise).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 375461 — The Buttes, Owyhee County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358653119

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