Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 2,810 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,810 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 25.9 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Cement Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Dutch Oven Peak: 6.9 mi
- Crooked Creek Hill: 8.3 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 7.5 mi
- Battle Park: 8.3 mi
- Long Park: 8.7 mi
- Bellyache Flats: 11.8 mi
- Coffeen Park: 13.7 mi
- Spanish Point: 3.3 mi
- Ed Point: 10.1 mi
- Devils Leap: 14.1 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 14.1 mi
- Weston Point: 15.5 mi
- Bull Springs: 15.7 mi
- Reserve Spring: 15.7 mi
- Three Springs: 20.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 20.6 mi
- Wolf Springs: 21.5 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Shell Falls: 15.7 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 23.8 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | E 92° | 4,017 m | 14.0 mi |
| Merlon | E 92° | 3,975 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | E 87° | 3,942 m | 13.8 mi |
| Kramer Peak | E 90° | 3,918 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | E 96° | 3,901 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | E 86° | 3,854 m | 15.1 mi |
| Innominate | E 87° | 3,853 m | 14.0 mi |
| Hallelujah | E 84° | 3,837 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:46 | 16:34 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505908
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