Chalk Butte
Chalk Butte rises to 1,593 m in Wyoming. Tabletop stands 2,593 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is South Butte, a peak 5.7 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 25 miles off. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49019684, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,593 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
30 named places within 25 miles
- South Butte: 5.7 mi
- Middle Butte: 8.9 mi
- Mahogany Butte: 9.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Bull Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.3 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 20.9 mi
- Vista Park: 20.9 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chalk Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabletop | ENE 70° | 2,593 m | 23.3 mi |
| Cherry Creek Hill | SE 129° | 2,590 m | 18.6 mi |
| The Castle Rock | ENE 75° | 2,469 m | 23.3 mi |
| Horse Butte | E 97° | 2,270 m | 17.0 mi |
| Lysite Mountain | SSW 193° | 2,187 m | 20.7 mi |
| Klondike Peak | SW 224° | 2,181 m | 16.0 mi |
| Battle Mountain | SSW 201° | 2,155 m | 12.6 mi |
| Hawks Butte | SSW 202° | 2,128 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:12 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:49 | 16:36 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 66 | 55 | 42 | 30 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tensleep 16sse, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1586550 — Chalk Butte, Washakie County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356500057
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