: an isolated hill or mountain with steep or precipitous sides usually having a smaller summit area than a mesa
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No eyes, no nose, just a butte with shadows.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Scenic drive through Monument Valley Located in northern Arizona, Monument Valley is a collection of crimson and orange mesas and sandstone buttes maintained by Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Moab, Utah, offers stunning natural landscapes including arches, buttes, and towering pinnacles.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Badlands National Park, South Dakota The 244,000-acre Badlands National Park offers a mix of towering rock spires and buttes surrounding verdant prairie.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 13 June 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Scenic drive through Monument Valley Located in northern Arizona, Monument Valley is a collection of crimson and orange mesas and sandstone buttes maintained by Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Moab, Utah, offers stunning natural landscapes including arches, buttes, and towering pinnacles.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Badlands National Park, South Dakota The 244,000-acre Badlands National Park offers a mix of towering rock spires and buttes surrounding verdant prairie.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 13 June 2025
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“Butte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butte. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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butte
noun
: a hill with steep sides standing in a flat area
Geographical Definition
Butte
geographical name
city in southwestern Montana on a plateau in the Rockies population 32,996
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