Wedge Butte
Wedge Butte rises to 1,706 m in Idaho. Buttercup Mountain stands 2,741 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Butte, a peak 2.7 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49087963, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1706 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 6.3 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chairlift Swing · 19 mi
69 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Butte: 2.7 mi
- Clay Bank Hills: 4.4 mi
- Ditto Hill: 5.2 mi
- Skeeter Point: 8.8 mi
- Horse Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Bellevue City Park: 15.6 mi
- O'Donnell Park: 15.8 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 18.0 mi
- Keefer Park: 18.1 mi
- Heagle Park: 18.3 mi
- Wurst Spring: 3.8 mi
- Martin Spring: 5.2 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 6.3 mi
- North Queens Crown Springs: 16.2 mi
- Strode Spring: 16.7 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 22.0 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 6.2 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 6.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wedge Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttercup Mountain | NW 323° | 2,741 m | 23.6 mi |
| Kelly Mountain | NNW 333° | 2,672 m | 19.4 mi |
| Vue Mountain | NNE 19° | 2,581.046 m | 20.5 mi |
| Patterson Peak | N 10° | 2,535 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bell Mountain | NE 35° | 2,431 m | 16.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNE 16° | 2,289 m | 14.7 mi |
| Prospects Hill | N 352° | 2,186.635 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buttercup Hill | N 1° | 2,088.49 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:19 | 17:05 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 33 | 41 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Picabo, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 399625 — Wedge Butte, Blaine County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358665895
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