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Timber Butte

Timber Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Timber Butte rises to 2,050 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Burns Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49083755, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2050 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.17798, -112.85308

94 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 56
Parks: 18
  • Bannack Historical Marker: 6.3 mi
  • Barretts Station Park: 6.5 mi
  • Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 10.0 mi
  • Museum and Depot Park: 10.7 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Church: 7.0 mi
  • Hangmans Gulch: 7.0 mi
  • Skinner's Saloon: 7.1 mi
  • Hotel Meade: 7.1 mi
  • Hardware Store Museum: 7.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Clark's Lookout Monument: 11.4 mi
  • Coolidge: 23.4 mi
Springs: 2
Museums: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • The Sandbar: 14.1 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tweedy MountainNNW 345°3,394 m21.6 mi
Torrey MountainNNW 343°3,392 m20.1 mi
Baldy MountainNW 326°3,211 m14.9 mi
Alturas Number Two MountainNNW 333°3,191 m16.8 mi
Barb MountainNNW 348°3,190 m21.5 mi
Highboy MountainNNW 335°3,174 m18.5 mi
Comet MountainNNW 335°3,114 m21.6 mi
Tent MountainNNW 338°3,104 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0519:44
June solstice05:4520:3821:23
September equinox07:1918:5219:31
December solstice08:0816:0316:53

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029384754626152392718
Precip in0.30.60.61.01.61.80.60.70.90.90.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 18 WSW, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 777650 — Timber Butte, Beaverhead County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357931307

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