Wilson Butte
Wilson Butte rises to 1,334 m in Idaho. Kimama Butte stands 1,527 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Gas Station, a historic site 7.4 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49090299, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,334 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hansen Bridge Lookout · 16 mi
89 named places within 25 miles
- Mary L Gooding Memorial Park: 14.5 mi
- Becker Park: 14.9 mi
- Gayle Forsyth Memorial Park: 15.2 mi
- Camozzi Park: 15.4 mi
- Dierkes Lake Park: 15.8 mi
- Owinza Butte: 9.8 mi
- Flat Top Butte: 10.9 mi
- Cinder Butte: 11.0 mi
- Dietrich Butte: 11.1 mi
- Crater Butte: 12.2 mi
- Gas Station: 7.4 mi
- Root Cellar: 7.5 mi
- Honor Roll: 7.6 mi
- Military Police Building: 7.6 mi
- Reception Building: 7.6 mi
- Jerome County Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Herrett Museum: 19.0 mi
- Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History: 22.1 mi
- Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History: 22.2 mi
- Twin Falls County Museum: 22.9 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 14.0 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 16.3 mi
- Jerome County Fairgrounds: 16.5 mi
- Evel Knievel Jump Site: 16.8 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 16.2 mi
- Pillar Falls: 16.9 mi
- Perrine Coulee Falls: 18.5 mi
- Auger Falls: 19.0 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilson Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimama Butte | E 95° | 1,527 m | 16.2 mi |
| Kinzie Butte | NNW 344° | 1,486 m | 21.7 mi |
| Johnson Butte | N 1° | 1,482 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sid Butte | ENE 71° | 1,453 m | 13.7 mi |
| Dietrich Butte | N 360° | 1,412 m | 11.1 mi |
| Milner Butte | SSE 156° | 1,409 m | 24.7 mi |
| Shale Butte | NE 56° | 1,390 m | 24.2 mi |
| Owinza Butte | NE 53° | 1,352 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:36 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 16:21 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 51 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jerome CO AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 398365 — Wilson Butte, Jerome County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358664057
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