Twin Buttes
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. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 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
- 1,066 m
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 16.2 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Woodys cove interpretive area · 19 mi
- point 6 · 19 mi
- point 3 · 20 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 20 mi
51 named places within 25 miles
- Notch Butte: 3.6 mi
- The Big Hill: 4.2 mi
- Grindstone Butte: 4.6 mi
- Twentymile Butte: 6.8 mi
- Indian Butte: 7.0 mi
- Three Island Crossing State Park: 15.8 mi
- Three Island State Park: 16.1 mi
- Hagerman Wildlife Management Area: 16.6 mi
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitors Center: 16.8 mi
- Hagerman City Park: 16.8 mi
- Salmon Falls: 15.6 mi
- Devil's washbowl waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Devils Washboard Falls: 21.5 mi
- Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 12.9 mi
- Balanced Rock: 16.9 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 16.5 mi
- Bliss Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 16.7 mi
- Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 16.9 mi
- Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 17.5 mi
- Ritter Island: 18.1 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 21.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Butte | S 185° | 1,533 m | 20.6 mi |
| Tuanna Butte | SSE 150° | 1,404 m | 24.8 mi |
| Castleford Butte | SSE 149° | 1,356 m | 16.6 mi |
| Devil Creek Butte | SSE 147° | 1,349 m | 21.9 mi |
| Winter Camp Butte | WSW 249° | 1,343 m | 17.0 mi |
| Lookout Butte | SW 232° | 1,338 m | 21.5 mi |
| Crows Nest Butte | SSW 213° | 1,300 m | 10.6 mi |
| Black Butte | WSW 258° | 1,282 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
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, 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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