Twentymile Butte
Twentymile Butte rises to 1,016 m in Idaho. Castleford Butte stands 1,356 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Butte, a peak 4.9 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Elmore County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085764, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1016 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Woodys cove interpretive area · 14 mi
- point 6 · 14 mi
- point 3 · 14 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 15 mi
52 named places within 25 miles
- Indian Butte: 4.9 mi
- Flint Mesa: 5.4 mi
- Grindstone Butte: 6.2 mi
- Twin Buttes: 6.8 mi
- Black Mesa: 7.7 mi
- Three Island Crossing State Park: 12.2 mi
- Three Island State Park: 12.4 mi
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitors Center: 12.4 mi
- Hagerman City Park: 12.4 mi
- Three Island Crossing State Park: 12.8 mi
- Salmon Falls: 12.6 mi
- Devil's washbowl waterfall: 15.2 mi
- Devils Washboard Falls: 20.8 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 9.7 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 9.9 mi
- Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 10.1 mi
- Balanced Rock: 20.2 mi
- Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 12.9 mi
- Ritter Island: 15.8 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twentymile Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castleford Butte | SSE 164° | 1,356 m | 21.2 mi |
| Winter Camp Butte | WSW 236° | 1,343 m | 22.4 mi |
| Crows Nest Butte | SSW 210° | 1,300 m | 17.4 mi |
| Black Butte | SW 236° | 1,282 m | 14.8 mi |
| Sunset Butte | SE 142° | 1,221 m | 21.5 mi |
| Sunset Butte | SE 142° | 1,221 m | 21.5 mi |
| The Big Hill | SSW 210° | 1,212 m | 11.0 mi |
| McKinney Butte | NE 48° | 1,196 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:24 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerman 2 SW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398268 — Twentymile Butte, Elmore County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358663934
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