Wards Butte
Wards Butte rises to 2,645 m in Idaho. Lem Peak stands 3,346 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Creek Summit, a peak 3.4 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49087596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,645 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
57 named places within 25 miles
- Morgan Creek Summit: 3.4 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Iron Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Woods Peak: 6.1 mi
- Table Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Meyers Cove Point: 12.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 13.5 mi
- McNabbs Point: 17.0 mi
- Red Point: 17.4 mi
- Goldbug Hot Springs: 14.1 mi
- Challis Hot Springs: 21.5 mi
- Show Bath Hot Springs: 24.4 mi
- Central Park: 22.4 mi
- Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 22.6 mi
- Challis Fish Pond: 23.0 mi
- Painted Rock: 22.5 mi
- CHS: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wards Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lem Peak | ESE 103° | 3,346 m | 16.7 mi |
| May Mountain | ESE 119° | 3,309 m | 20.6 mi |
| Long Mountain | ESE 112° | 3,209 m | 19.6 mi |
| White Mountain West | SW 219° | 3,183 m | 23.1 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NNW 347° | 3,041 m | 3.6 mi |
| White Valley Mountain | SW 220° | 3,040 m | 19.1 mi |
| Sleeping Deer Mountain | W 259° | 2,985 m | 24.6 mi |
| Meyers | W 271° | 2,977 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:11 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:42 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:11 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Challis AP, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 392836 — Wards Butte, Lemhi County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358659547
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