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Day Butte

Day Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Day Butte rises to 1,638 m in Wyoming. Copper Mountain stands 2,481 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Butte, a peak 2.7 miles away. Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Wyoming, United States of America

Wikidata Q49023766, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1638 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.27579, -107.75647

32 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
Parks: 2
  • Lysite-Lost Cobin Community Recreation Center: 3.3 mi
  • Boysen State Park: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lakeside: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Castle Gardens: 22.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Day Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copper MountainNW 324°2,481 m14.5 mi
Guffy PeakNNW 334°2,431 m16.6 mi
Greer PeakNNW 340°2,328 m10.6 mi
Birdseye MountainNW 306°2,274 m21.1 mi
Fuller PeakNNW 342°2,266 m10.0 mi
Stone MountainWNW 304°2,188 m23.5 mi
Lysite MountainNNE 32°2,187 m13.7 mi
Klondike PeakN 3°2,181 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4619:23
June solstice05:3220:1220:55
September equinox06:5918:3319:10
December solstice07:4115:5216:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152438485666747161463117
Precip in0.20.40.31.01.81.00.80.50.90.60.30.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoshoni, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356500490

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