Buffalo Bill Museum
Buffalo Bill Museum is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,529 m. Trout Peak stands 3,724 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 16 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
See possessions of Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley and explore thrilling stories of the American West — real, fictional, or somewhere in between.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 22.7 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dead Indian Overlook · 21 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 24 mi
72 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Red Butte: 5.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Heart Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Monument Hill: 10.9 mi
- Paul Stock Park: 0.2 mi
- Cody City Park: 0.2 mi
- City Park: 0.2 mi
- Don Little Park: 0.3 mi
- River View Park: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home: 0.0 mi
- Draper Natural History Museum: 0.0 mi
- Buffalo Bill Center of the West: 0.0 mi
- Plains Indian Museum: 0.1 mi
- Whitney Western Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Wild Sheep Exhibit: 0.1 mi
- Dan Miller's Cowboy Music Review: 0.4 mi
- Cody Firearms Experience: 1.5 mi
- Old Trail Town: 1.6 mi
- Buffalo Bill – The Scout: 0.1 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Meeteetse Rim: 19.8 mi
- Red Point: 20.0 mi
- Bear: 1.0 mi
- Loch-Katrine Bird Reservation: 9.9 mi
- The English Gardens: 16.7 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Bill Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Peak | WNW 284° | 3,724 m | 22.9 mi |
| Elkhorn Peak | WNW 291° | 3,210 m | 24.8 mi |
| Jim Mountain | W 271° | 3,175 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pat O'Hara Peak | WNW 302° | 3,026 m | 17.5 mi |
| Pat O'Hara Mountain | NW 306° | 2,858 m | 15.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,779 m | 9.6 mi |
| Dead Indian Hill | NW 318° | 2,635 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 329° | 2,620 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:21 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:52 | 16:40 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cody, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/10914707559
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