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Crown Butte

Crown Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Crown Butte rises to 3,111 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 2.3 miles off.

The story

Crown Butte is a 10,225-foot (3,117-metre) summit in Park County, Montana, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49023179, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3,111 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.05244, -109.96157

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 8
  • Impasse Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Crazy Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Beartooth Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Woodbine Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Sentinel Falls: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Warm Creek Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Soda Butte Creek: 10.1 mi
  • Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
  • Reef Creek: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 3
Springs: 2
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 1
  • Cooke City Montana Museum: 2.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Gallery Dan Hartman: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
Parks: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Crown Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite PeakNE3,904 m10.7 mi
Granite Peak (Northwest Peak)NE3,882 m10.7 mi
Tempest MountainNE3,791 m11.4 mi
Mount PealNE3,778 m11.9 mi
Glacier PeakNE3,762 m8.7 mi
Mount VillardNE3,735 m9.2 mi
Cairn MountainNE3,725 m10.2 mi
Mystic MountainNE3,686 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5419:32
June solstice05:3420:2621:11
September equinox07:0818:4019:19
December solstice07:5615:5316:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151825324250575547362313

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silver Gate, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 806945 — Crown Butte, Park County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357958929

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