Twin Butte
Twin Butte rises to 2,092 m in Idaho. El Capitan stands 3,025 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cub Point, a peak 4.8 miles away. Northwest Passage Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
The story
mountain in Idaho County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2092 m
How to reach it
- 29.7 mi off the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cub Point: 4.8 mi
- Moe Peak: 6.2 mi
- Rock Point: 6.4 mi
- Dog Point: 6.4 mi
- Wahoo Peak: 7.1 mi
- Poverty Slide: 11.7 mi
- Ohio Side: 13.2 mi
- Dead Elk Point: 15.5 mi
- The Drop-off: 21.8 mi
- Castle Crag: 23.7 mi
- Cold Springs: 16.7 mi
- Diablo Spring: 16.8 mi
- High Spring: 18.6 mi
- Parsons Spring: 19.1 mi
- Patsy Ann Falls: 13.3 mi
- Canyon Falls: 21.4 mi
- Boulder Falls: 23.1 mi
- Tin Cup Park: 24.5 mi
- Sacajewa Park: 24.5 mi
- Darby Park: 24.6 mi
- Martin Hot Springs: 16.6 mi
- Stuart Hot Springs: 20.0 mi
- Historic Forest Service Museum: 24.5 mi
- Darby Pioneer Memorial Museum: 24.6 mi
- Como Swimming Beach: 21.3 mi
- Horsehead Arch: 22.7 mi
- H: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Twin Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Capitan | ESE 106° | 3,025 m | 14.4 mi |
| West Como Peak | ESE 105° | 2,916 m | 16.6 mi |
| Middle Como Peak | ESE 105° | 2,904 m | 17.0 mi |
| East Como Peak | ESE 104° | 2,891 m | 17.5 mi |
| Whites Mountain | E 88° | 2,791 m | 13.1 mi |
| Koch Mountain | E 87° | 2,758 m | 15.3 mi |
| The Lonesome Bachelor | ESE 107° | 2,734 m | 15.6 mi |
| Blodgett Mountain | NE 36° | 2,635.606 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 19:48 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:06 | 15:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 58 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darby, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398270 — Twin Butte, Idaho County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358663936
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