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a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.
The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit.
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Recent Examples of buttes
The unique red rock buttes often show up in movies, calendars and magazines.
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Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Towering buttes shoot out of waving prairie grasses.
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Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
The South Dakota park features over 240,000 acres of rugged spires, streaky buttes, and vast fossil beds.
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Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
The kitchen turns out whimsical bar food, like Mexican pizza, and wall art depicts the buttes and cacti of the Seussian desert.
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Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
Alaska runs along a ridge just outside of Arches National Park, offering long-range views of the park’s towers and buttes across the Salt Valley.
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Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Mar. 2026
As Arizona yielded to New Mexico, the dirt seemed to get redder and the ridges rose to form buttes.
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Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
In Arizona's high country, the leaves could soon match the color of some of the buttes.
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Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Towering buttes shoot out of waving prairie grasses.
—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
The South Dakota park features over 240,000 acres of rugged spires, streaky buttes, and vast fossil beds.
—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
The kitchen turns out whimsical bar food, like Mexican pizza, and wall art depicts the buttes and cacti of the Seussian desert.
—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
Alaska runs along a ridge just outside of Arches National Park, offering long-range views of the park’s towers and buttes across the Salt Valley.
—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Mar. 2026
As Arizona yielded to New Mexico, the dirt seemed to get redder and the ridges rose to form buttes.
—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
In Arizona's high country, the leaves could soon match the color of some of the buttes.
—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttes
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For outdoor enthusiasts, the system now features excursions like the trek up the Eiðiskollur cliffs towering above the northern village of Eiði.
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Named for the Uto-Aztecan word for green, the property immerses guests in nature and local culture at every turn, appearing to all but dissolve into the emerald jungle and volcanic cliffs of the Sierra Madre.
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Respecting Nature Nature is key to Japan’s traditional Shinto religion, in which mountains, trees, stone and flowers are capable of having spirits.
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Marked by towering mountains, spectacular valleys and glacial blue lakes in every direction, the towns of Banff and Lake Louise have attracted travelers for decades.
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Its mesas, arches and deep canyons give the stars a dramatic stage, especially from remote viewpoints away from direct artificial light.
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Latinos have always been an intrinsic feature of the Western Slope’s socioeconomic landscape, as ubiquitous as the area’s mountains, mesas and canyons.
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The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
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The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
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The views from the peaks are wonderful and the finishing hole may be one of the region’s best.
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.
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“Buttes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttes. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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