Sand Butte Rim
Sand Butte Rim is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,446 m. Pine Butte stands 2,665 m to the south-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Butte, a peak 3.3 miles away. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2446 m
How to reach it
28 named places within 25 miles
- Sand Butte: 3.3 mi
- Pine Butte: 5.9 mi
- Black Buttes: 13.7 mi
- Table Rock: 14.0 mi
- Camel Rock: 14.9 mi
- Sixmile Rim: 5.0 mi
- Adobe Town Rim: 16.2 mi
- Kinney Rim: 16.9 mi
- Rifes Rim: 20.4 mi
- Laney Rim: 22.4 mi
- Bitter Creek Rest Area (westbound): 18.4 mi
- Bitter Creek Rest Area (eastbound): 18.5 mi
- Point of Rocks Stage Station: 21.0 mi
- Point of Rocks Stage Station: 21.1 mi
- Table Rock: 21.3 mi
- Three Patches Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Butte Rim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Butte | SSW 192° | 2,665 m | 5.9 mi |
| Quaking Asp Mountain | W 281° | 2,594 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sand Butte | SSW 195° | 2,559 m | 3.3 mi |
| Potter Mountain | SW 224° | 2,545 m | 23.3 mi |
| Black Buttes | NW 326° | 2,427 m | 13.7 mi |
| Elk Butte | SW 230° | 2,415 m | 19.8 mi |
| Scrivner Butte | SSW 206° | 2,409 m | 24.1 mi |
| Table | WNW 284° | 2,342 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:04 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bitter Creek 4 NE, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505683
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