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White Owl Butte

White Owl Butte, seen from above at true elevation

White Owl Butte rises to 1,927 m in Idaho. Piney Peak stands 2,747 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Canyon Creek Butte, a peak 5.1 miles away. Teton Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49089433, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1927 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.76436, -111.56079

110 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 46
Parks: 46
  • Hidden Valley Park: 11.0 mi
  • Mill Hollow Park: 11.1 mi
  • Smith Park: 11.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 11.6 mi
  • Rembish Park: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Teton Dam: 10.1 mi
  • Veterans Freedom Memorial: 11.4 mi
  • Education Monument: 11.7 mi
  • SJ Healing Crossroads Shrine by Scott & Janae Johnson: 14.9 mi
  • Fort Henry Historic Monument: 15.5 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Student Gardens: 11.4 mi
  • Thomas E. Ricks Memorial Gardens: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Poison Flat Trailhead: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 1
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fall Creek Falls: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Owl Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piney PeakSE 133°2,747 m13.7 mi
Garns MountainESE 121°2,746 m13.4 mi
Ryan PeakESE 110°2,698 m11.5 mi
Red MountainESE 123°2,651 m17.2 mi
Liars PeakSE 135°2,639 m14.1 mi
Thunder MountainESE 122°2,634 m15.2 mi
Stouts MountainSE 145°2,593 m18.3 mi
Chicken PeakSE 138°2,544 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:39
June solstice05:4520:2821:13
September equinox07:1418:4819:25
December solstice07:5816:0516:53

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222636455461696758463323
Precip in1.20.80.91.21.81.50.60.71.01.10.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rexburg BYU Idaho, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398350 — White Owl Butte, Madison County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358664035

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