Steptoe Butte
Steptoe Butte is a quartzite island jutting out of the silty loess of the Palouse hills in Whitman County, Washington, in the northwest United States. The 3,612-foot butte is preserved as Steptoe Butte State Park Heritage Site, a publicly owned 150-acre recreation area located 12 miles north of Colfax.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,602 feet
- Description: butte in Whitman County, Washington State, United States
- Also known as: “Pyramid Peak”, “S’y’mtite’”, “Steptoe Mountain”, and “Yu-mos-tos”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steptoe.
Steptoe
Village
Photo: Dsdugan, Public domain.Steptoe Butte
- Categories: butte and landform
- Location: Whitman, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.03239° or 47° 1′ 57″ north
Longitude
-117.29713° or 117° 17′ 50″ west
Elevation
3,602 feet (1,098 metres)
Open location code
85V42PJ3+X4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Steptoe Butte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Steptoe Butte”
- Dutch: “Steptoe Butte”
- French: “Steptoe Butte”
- German: “Steptoe Butte State Park”
- German: “Steptoe Butte”
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