Black Buttes
Black Buttes rises to 1,785 m in Wyoming. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Crook County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49013320, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1785 m
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pull out · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Duling Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hooker Peak: 1.3 mi
- Fish Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Gypsum Buttes: 4.9 mi
- Baseball Feilds: 9.1 mi
- Sundance White Ranch Park: 9.1 mi
- Sundance Pond Park: 9.3 mi
- Washington Park: 9.4 mi
- Sundance City Park: 9.4 mi
- Tinton: 12.6 mi
- Ragged Top: 19.6 mi
- Carbonate: 21.2 mi
- Trojan: 21.7 mi
- Crown Hill: 22.4 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 16.7 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 17.4 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 21.2 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 22.0 mi
- Lower Windy Pine Falls: 22.2 mi
- Crook County Museum and Art Gallery: 9.5 mi
- The Booth House: 24.0 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 24.1 mi
- Sundance Kid statue: 9.5 mi
- Klondike School: 13.0 mi
- Roadside picnic: 18.6 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Black Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | ESE 118° | 2,168 m | 19.8 mi |
| Laird Peak | ESE 113° | 2,089 m | 14.1 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | ENE 71° | 2,034 m | 10.9 mi |
| Warren Peak | NNW 326° | 2,029 m | 15.4 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | ENE 65° | 2,026 m | 10.6 mi |
| Foley Mountain | E 81° | 2,001 m | 20.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,952 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SSE 163° | 1,949 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sundance, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356499442
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