Bridger Butte
Bridger Butte rises to 1,517 m in Wyoming. McCullough Peaks High Point stands 1,999 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gilmore Hill, a peak 5.8 miles away. 31 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015386, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1517 m
How to reach it
31 named places within 25 miles
- Gilmore Hill: 5.8 mi
- Table Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 12.0 mi
- Tatman Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Sheets Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Homesteader Park: 21.1 mi
- Pioneer Park: 21.2 mi
- Byron Memorial Park: 21.2 mi
- Washington Park: 21.4 mi
- Byron Park: 21.5 mi
- Homesteader Museum: 21.0 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 22.4 mi
- Heart Mountain Interpretive Center: 23.4 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 23.8 mi
- Red Point: 6.5 mi
- Beaver Slide: 16.1 mi
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial: 23.7 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 24.8 mi
- Loch-Katrine Bird Reservation: 17.8 mi
- The English Gardens: 22.3 mi
- Caboose: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bridger Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCullough Peaks High Point | WNW 294° | 1,998.7 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sheets Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,917 m | 15.8 mi |
| Tatman Mountain | S 189° | 1,915 m | 14.2 mi |
| Elk Butte | WSW 244° | 1,902 m | 21.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,678 m | 12.0 mi |
| Whistle Berry Hill | SSW 192° | 1,664 m | 24.9 mi |
| Red Butte | SE 142° | 1,538 m | 23.9 mi |
| Gilmore Hill | WNW 303° | 1,525 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:18 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
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 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 68 | 59 | 45 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emblem, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1585911 — Bridger Butte, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356499739
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