Peak · Montana
Buffalo Butte
Buffalo Butte rises to 2,916 m in Montana. Monument Peak stands 3,351 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is North Buffalo Butte, a peak 1.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,916 m
How to reach it
Coordinates45.06580, -110.31956
- 16.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 26 mi
- Crazy Creek · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- North Buffalo Butte: 1.0 mi
- Hummingbird Peak: 3.3 mi
- Roundhead Butte: 5.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Bull Mountain: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites: 11
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 14.7 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 9
- Petrified Tree: 11.9 mi
- Devil's Den: 12.4 mi
- Frog Rock: 14.1 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 15.3 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 19.0 mi
Springs: 8
- Calcite Springs: 11.7 mi
- Wahb spring: 19.5 mi
- Palette Spring: 19.9 mi
- Canary Spring: 20.0 mi
- New Blue Spring: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Lost Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Tower Fall: 12.3 mi
- Passage Falls: 14.9 mi
- Wraith Falls: 17.3 mi
- Undine Falls: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Overhanging Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 19.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 23.5 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 23.5 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 23.7 mi
Parks: 2
- Arch Park: 19.2 mi
- Willow Park: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 1
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 16.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 18.0 mi
Museums: 1
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 19.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Aldridge: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Buffalo Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Peak | NNE 28° | 3,351 m | 10.2 mi |
| Abiathar Peak | ESE 114° | 3,331 m | 15.4 mi |
| The Pyramid | NNW 349° | 3,272 m | 17.0 mi |
| Crow Mountain | N 353° | 3,269 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cutoff Mountain | ESE 103° | 3,251 m | 10.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NE 50° | 3,251 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Wallace | NW 322° | 3,240 m | 11.5 mi |
| The Thunderer | SE 131° | 3,199 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:27 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:54 | 16:43 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 50 | 38 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tower Falls, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 807000 — Buffalo Butte, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357959014
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