Chimney Butte
Chimney Butte rises to 2,847 m in Wyoming. Temple Peak stands 3,958 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Aspen Butte, a peak 1.8 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020241, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,847 m
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
77 named places within 25 miles
- Aspen Butte: 1.8 mi
- Lovatt Butte: 5.6 mi
- Mitchells Nipple: 6.7 mi
- Twin Buttes: 6.9 mi
- Fremont Butte: 7.2 mi
- Tayo Park: 21.0 mi
- Burzlander Park: 21.3 mi
- Wrangler Park: 21.7 mi
- Boyd Skinner Park: 21.7 mi
- American Legion Park: 22.1 mi
- Sharks Nose: 12.2 mi
- The Diving Board: 16.0 mi
- Little Brown Point: 17.4 mi
- Blue Rim: 18.2 mi
- Stewart Point: 23.0 mi
- North Fork Falls: 9.8 mi
- New Fork: 12.6 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chimney Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Peak | E 100° | 3,958 m | 15.5 mi |
| Roberts Mountain | NE 36° | 3,889 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Lander | NE 37° | 3,846 m | 12.6 mi |
| East Temple Peak | E 97° | 3,822 m | 16.1 mi |
| Washakie Peak | ENE 64° | 3,811 m | 12.1 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | E 83° | 3,800 m | 14.5 mi |
| Lizard Head Peak | ENE 75° | 3,799 m | 14.4 mi |
| Halls Mountain | NNE 12° | 3,798 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:17 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:02 | 16:48 |
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 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 39 | 25 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder Rearing STN, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1598734 — Chimney Butte, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505980
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