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Twin Buttes

Twin Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

Twin Buttes rises to 1,066 m in Idaho. Horse Butte stands 1,533 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Notch Butte, a peak 3.6 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49085862, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1066 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.71685, -115.19867

Overlooks nearby

55 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
Parks: 17
  • Three Island Crossing State Park: 15.8 mi
  • Three Island State Park: 16.1 mi
  • Hagerman Wildlife Management Area: 16.6 mi
  • Three Island Crossing State Park: 16.6 mi
  • Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitors Center: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Salmon Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Devil's washbowl waterfall: 20.3 mi
  • Devils Washboard Falls: 21.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 12.9 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 16.5 mi
  • Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 16.7 mi
Museums: 2
  • Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Ritter Island: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horse ButteS 185°1,533 m20.6 mi
Tuanna ButteSSE 150°1,404 m24.8 mi
Castleford ButteSSE 149°1,356 m16.6 mi
Devil Creek ButteSSE 147°1,349 m21.9 mi
Winter Camp ButteWSW 249°1,343 m17.0 mi
Lookout ButteSW 232°1,338 m21.5 mi
Crows Nest ButteSSW 213°1,300 m10.6 mi
Black ButteWSW 258°1,282 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:53
June solstice06:0420:4021:23
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:0916:2517:11

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303543495866747263503830
Precip in1.30.91.00.81.00.60.10.20.40.71.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerman 2 SW, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 375620 — Twin Buttes, Owyhee County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358653216

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