Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 978 m in Idaho. Sugarloaf stands 1,812 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Hill, a peak 3.1 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 37 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America; geonames ID = 5610780.
Wikidata Q49085864, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 978 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
37 named places within 25 miles
- Horse Hill: 3.1 mi
- Miller Water Table: 6.3 mi
- Pence Butte: 8.5 mi
- Big Hill: 9.8 mi
- Crabb Butte: 10.1 mi
- Snake River Birds of Prey Area: 11.0 mi
- Bruneau Dunes State Park: 11.1 mi
- Scout Park: 18.5 mi
- Locust Park: 18.6 mi
- North Park: 18.6 mi
- City of Rocks: 6.0 mi
- Black Rocks: 8.9 mi
- Windy Point: 17.2 mi
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 23.2 mi
- Comical Turn: 23.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | WSW 244° | 1,812 m | 22.9 mi |
| The Island | SW 221° | 1,732 m | 24.1 mi |
| The Hat | WSW 248° | 1,726 m | 24.8 mi |
| Poison Butte | SSW 204° | 1,682 m | 24.4 mi |
| Gedney Butte | SSW 202° | 1,538 m | 19.8 mi |
| Monument Butte | S 175° | 1,479 m | 22.4 mi |
| Table Butte | SSW 200° | 1,475 m | 15.1 mi |
| Catholic Butte | S 171° | 1,458 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:42 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:27 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 76 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bruneau, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 375621 — Twin Buttes, Owyhee County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358653220
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- Mountain Home · 27 mi
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