Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 1,143 m in Montana. West Butte stands 1,345 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. 29 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Carter County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49085869, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,143 m
How to reach it
29 named places within 25 miles
- Tip Top Butte: 2.4 mi
- Dead Horse Point: 4.3 mi
- Wolf Point: 5.0 mi
- Potato Buttes: 7.5 mi
- Greasy Hill: 9.2 mi
- BLM: 0.7 mi
- State Trust: 6.2 mi
- Selway Spring: 14.3 mi
- Church Spring: 14.7 mi
- Rock Wall: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Butte | SW 227° | 1,345 m | 23.5 mi |
| Finger Buttes | E 89° | 1,273 m | 13.5 mi |
| Greasy Hill | SW 224° | 1,238 m | 9.2 mi |
| Belcher Mountain | SW 226° | 1,222 m | 19.4 mi |
| Wolf Point | SSW 205° | 1,198 m | 5.0 mi |
| Dead Horse Point | SSE 152° | 1,183 m | 4.3 mi |
| Tip Top Butte | SW 218° | 1,182 m | 2.4 mi |
| Black Point | S 170° | 1,144 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:05 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:30 | 16:19 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ridgeway 1 S, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 799685 — Twin Buttes, Carter County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357955609
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