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Vanishing Landmark

 
 
Vanishing Landmark Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
1. Vanishing Landmark Marker
Inscription. From this vantage point, you gaze across 25 miles of lava to Big Southern Butte. Early pioneers, following Goodale’s Cutoff from the Oregon Trail, used this land mark to navigate around the rugged lavas of the Snake River Plain. As a traveler today, you may have trouble seeing Big Southern Butte clearly due to the presence of air pollution.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Natural FeaturesRoads & Vehicles.
 
Location. 43° 27.944′ N, 113° 33.348′ W. Marker is in Arco, Idaho, in Butte County. It is on U.S. 20. This marker is near the entrance to the Craters of the Moon National Monument. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Arco ID 83213, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Idaho — Sawtooth Range and in Eastern Idaho and the Yellowstone Fringe. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Just Down The Road (approx. Ό mile away); Get over it! (approx. 0.4 miles away); Where's the Volcano? (approx. half a mile away); North Crater Flow Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away); North Crater Lava Flow (approx. 0.6 miles away); Devil's Orchard Trail (approx. 1.3 miles away); Are We Loving Them to Death? (approx. 1.7 miles away); Silent Cone (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arco.
 
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Big Southern Butte image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
2. Big Southern Butte
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,040 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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