Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,638 m in Wyoming. Hunt Mountain stands 3,098 m to the east-northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 9.0 miles away. Medicine Wheel Passage passes 7.0 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49013300, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1638 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 12.5 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Creek Overlook · 7 mi
- Observation Point · 10 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 10 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
72 named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Medicine Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Hunt Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Little Bald Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Horse Creek Mesa: 11.0 mi
- Wolf Springs: 12.8 mi
- Wolf Springs: 12.8 mi
- Wolf Springs: 12.8 mi
- Deer Spring: 13.3 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 13.3 mi
- Long Park: 14.6 mi
- Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: 17.0 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 17.9 mi
- Schuler Park: 18.7 mi
- Bull Elk Park: 20.3 mi
- Porcupine Falls: 11.6 mi
- Bucking Mule Falls: 14.4 mi
- Shell Falls: 18.0 mi
- Mason-Lovell Ranch: 14.2 mi
- Caboose: 14.7 mi
- Train Engine: 24.6 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 14.1 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 14.8 mi
- Devils Leap: 18.9 mi
- Riley Point: 23.6 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 9.6 mi
- Kane: 16.4 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Mountain | ENE 74° | 3,098 m | 9.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 40° | 3,062 m | 9.0 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | NNE 15° | 3,038 m | 9.1 mi |
| Antelope Butte | ESE 108° | 3,027 m | 23.5 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | NE 56° | 3,020 m | 10.2 mi |
| Duncum Mountain | NNE 19° | 2,993 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | ESE 102° | 2,991 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | N 11° | 2,981 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:17 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
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 | 18 | 24 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 61 | 47 | 31 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greybull S BIG Horn CO AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1598202 — Black Butte, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505909
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