Buttes
Buttes rises to 2,143 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hitchhiker's Guide, a cliff 5.1 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 5.2 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017282, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,143 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 13.8 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 29.9 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
103 named places within 25 miles
- Leigh Monument: 5.6 mi
- Buck Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 8.0 mi
- The Island: 8.1 mi
- Signal Butte: 10.4 mi
- Leigh Creek Vee: 6.5 mi
- Island Park: 7.3 mi
- Sitting Bull Park: 8.1 mi
- High Park: 8.3 mi
- Bellyache Flats: 8.9 mi
- Hitchhiker's Guide: 5.1 mi
- Circus Wall: 5.2 mi
- Raven: 5.2 mi
- Ice Plant: 5.2 mi
- Wall of Denial: 5.2 mi
- Moses Spring: 10.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 23.6 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 8.7 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 9.3 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | NNE 30° | 4,017 m | 18.3 mi |
| Merlon | NNE 31° | 3,975 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | NNE 28° | 3,942 m | 19.4 mi |
| Kramer Peak | NNE 30° | 3,918 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | NE 36° | 3,901 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNE 31° | 3,854 m | 20.2 mi |
| Innominate | NNE 29° | 3,853 m | 19.2 mi |
| Hallelujah | NNE 28° | 3,837 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:13 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:47 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tensleep 4NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356499882
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