Bush Butte
Bush Butte rises to 2,176 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 4.3 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017110, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,176 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 27.5 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
Overlooks nearby
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 21 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Crystal Creek Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Table Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Horse Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Snowshoe Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 6.4 mi
- Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: 10.2 mi
- Long Park: 11.5 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 16.0 mi
- Battle Park: 18.0 mi
- Coffeen Park: 18.1 mi
- Reserve Spring: 6.9 mi
- Bull Springs: 7.8 mi
- Deer Spring: 11.7 mi
- Wolf Springs: 12.6 mi
- Three Springs: 13.1 mi
- Devils Leap: 5.3 mi
- Spanish Point: 8.0 mi
- Weston Point: 17.6 mi
- Ed Point: 19.8 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 22.0 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 23.6 mi
- Shell Falls: 7.5 mi
- Caboose: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Bush Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | ESE 107° | 4,017 m | 22.5 mi |
| Merlon | ESE 107° | 3,975 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | ESE 104° | 3,942 m | 22.0 mi |
| Kramer Peak | ESE 105° | 3,918 m | 22.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | ESE 103° | 3,854 m | 23.2 mi |
| Innominate | ESE 104° | 3,853 m | 22.2 mi |
| Hallelujah | ESE 102° | 3,837 m | 22.2 mi |
| Gargoyle | ESE 104° | 3,793 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:46 | 16:34 |
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 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356499862
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