Chalk Buttes
Chalk Buttes rises to 1,559 m in Wyoming. School Section Mountain stands 2,478 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum, a museum 2.1 miles away. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Converse County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49019688, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,559 m
How to reach it
55 named places within 25 miles
- Nine Mile Hill: 4.9 mi
- Warm Springs Hill: 5.4 mi
- Chalk Benchmark: 5.5 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Table Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center: 2.2 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 3.5 mi
- Bill Hooker Monument: 3.6 mi
- Bozeman Trail Marker: 7.7 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge State Park: 9.7 mi
- Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 2.1 mi
- Glenrock Deer Creek Museum: 24.9 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge: 9.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chalk Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| School Section Mountain | SW 220° | 2,478 m | 24.2 mi |
| North Sawtooth Mountain | SSW 199° | 2,468 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wagonhound Benchmark | SW 222° | 2,440 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sullivan Mountain | WSW 245° | 2,357 m | 22.9 mi |
| Point of Rocks | SW 226° | 2,321 m | 21.4 mi |
| Lacy Mountain | WSW 252° | 2,300 m | 22.5 mi |
| Bear Rock | SW 230° | 2,289 m | 23.0 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SSW 205° | 2,271 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:46 | 16:31 |
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 | 26 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 59 | 45 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Douglas 1 SE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356500061
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