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Welcome to Lower Black Butte Crossing ...

Lower Black Butte Crossing is located in Owyhee County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Lower Black Butte Crossing: Lower Black Butte Xing.

Lower Black Butte Crossing is 3,450 feet [1,052 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lower Black Butte Crossing is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lower Black Butte Crossing lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Lower Black Butte Crossing, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for Lower Black Butte Crossing: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Lower Black Butte Crossing ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Lower Black Butte Crossing.

  • Glenns Ferry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hammett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Bruneau
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • King Hill
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Bliss
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hagerman
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Buncel Place ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Buncel Place is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncel Place
  • Mountain Home
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lower Black Butte Crossing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lower Black Butte Crossing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lower Black Butte Crossing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Black Butte Crossing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Black Butte Crossing. See our Newspapers Page for Lower Black Butte Crossing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lower Black Butte Crossing ...

Looking for more information about Lower Black Butte Crossing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lower Black Butte Crossing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lower Black Butte Crossing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Owyhee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lower Black Butte Crossing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Lower Black Butte Crossing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Lower Black Butte Crossing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.