Buck Buttes
Buck Buttes rises to 1,835 m in Wyoming. Soapy Dale Peak stands 2,395 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Horse Heaven, a peak 1.5 miles away. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1835 m
How to reach it
33 named places within 25 miles
- Wild Horse Heaven: 1.5 mi
- Whistle Berry Hill: 4.0 mi
- Sawtooth: 5.2 mi
- Crow Woman Buttes: 5.8 mi
- East Crow Woman Butte: 6.0 mi
- Hillberry Rim: 4.5 mi
- Beaver Slide: 12.4 mi
- Red Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Meeteetse Rim: 19.2 mi
- Noon Point: 20.6 mi
- Meeteetse Municipal Park: 9.2 mi
- Lions Park: 10.0 mi
- Gooseberry Creek Rest Area: 5.6 mi
- Meeteetse Museums: 10.0 mi
- Legend Rock Petroglyph Site: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soapy Dale Peak | SW 232° | 2,395 m | 15.9 mi |
| Leon Baird Peak | SW 226° | 2,341 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sheep Point | W 262° | 2,252 m | 21.5 mi |
| Schaub Butte | W 277° | 2,146 m | 18.1 mi |
| Adam Weiss Peak | SSW 194° | 2,136 m | 14.8 mi |
| Wall Rock | WSW 240° | 2,052 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pappapau Butte | W 270° | 2,004 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sheets Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,917 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:49 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:18 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:52 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 39 | 28 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunshine 3NE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1586002 — Buck Buttes, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356499775
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