Clagett Butte
Clagett Butte rises to 2,451 m in Wyoming. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the west-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Terrace Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Clagett Butte el. 8,041 feet (2,451 m) is a mountain peak butte in the Gallatin Range in Yellowstone National Park. Clagett Butte is an isolated summit 1.9 miles (3.1 km) west of Mammoth Hot Springs between Clematis Creek and Snow Pass. The Snow Pass trail passes approximately .33 miles (0.53 km) south of the butte.
Clagett Butte was named in 1926 by park photographer Jack Ellis Haynes and then superintendent Horace Albright to honor William H. Clagett (1838–1901), the Montana Territorial Delegate who put forth the Act of Dedication bill in Congress to create Yellowstone National Park. Prior to 1926, the butte had several different names. In 1885, park guide G. L. Henderson called it Temple Mountain. That was the accepted local name for many years. In 1887, members of the Arnold Hague geological survey called it Sentinel Butte and later in 1897, Signal Butte but these names never became official.
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Wikidata Q5125039, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2451 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Terrace Mountain: 0.6 mi
- The Hoodoos: 1.6 mi
- Capitol Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 2.2 mi
- Sepulcher Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 1.0 mi
- Cupid Spring: 1.4 mi
- New Blue Spring: 1.4 mi
- Dryad Springs: 1.4 mi
- Canary Spring: 1.5 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 1.5 mi
- Osprey Falls: 3.6 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 4.7 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 4.7 mi
- Frog Rock: 8.3 mi
- Rustic Falls: 2.1 mi
- Undine Falls: 4.9 mi
- Wraith Falls: 5.8 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 15.9 mi
- Tower Fall: 17.7 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.4 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Trilobite Point: 11.5 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 11.6 mi
- Bijah Springs: 14.0 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 14.6 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 14.6 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 14.7 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 14.7 mi
- Arch Park: 4.7 mi
- Willow Park: 6.8 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 22.8 mi
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 23.4 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 15.8 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 16.5 mi
- Aldridge: 8.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Clagett Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | WNW 299° | 3,341 m | 5.7 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | N 9° | 3,189 m | 10.4 mi |
| Joseph Peak | W 267° | 3,176 m | 7.3 mi |
| Monitor Peak | NNE 18° | 3,168 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Holmes | SSW 211° | 3,149 m | 11.7 mi |
| Gray Peak | W 259° | 3,139 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SW 233° | 3,137 m | 8.4 mi |
| Ash Mountain | NE 44° | 3,116 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 41 | 29 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone Park Mammoth, 2 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1609236 — Clagett Butte, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356511276
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 5 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 26 mi
- West Yellowstone · 28 mi
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