Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 2,060 m in Idaho. Elk Mountain stands 2,683 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bobcat Butte, a peak 2.3 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085868, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2060 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
70 named places within 25 miles
- Bobcat Butte: 2.3 mi
- Calhoun Butte: 3.4 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.3 mi
- China Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Bud Lewis Hill: 7.0 mi
- Strawberry Spring: 10.6 mi
- Granite Spring: 13.8 mi
- Whiteside Spring: 14.1 mi
- Chicken Spring: 15.4 mi
- Sagehen Spring: 16.7 mi
- Black Rock: 20.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 21.1 mi
- San Jacinto: 20.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mountain | SW 224° | 2,683 m | 16.3 mi |
| Red Point | SW 224° | 2,679 m | 16.3 mi |
| Ellen D Mountain | S 180° | 2,614 m | 24.0 mi |
| White Elephant Butte | SW 217° | 2,574 m | 19.6 mi |
| Owens Mountain | SW 222° | 2,539 m | 19.8 mi |
| Red Elephant Butte | SW 218° | 2,538 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mahogany Elephant Butte | SW 216° | 2,528 m | 18.8 mi |
| Middle Stack Mountain | SSE 157° | 2,447 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:26 | 16:11 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackpot, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 375619 — Twin Buttes, Twin Falls County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358653213
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