Deer Butte
Deer Butte rises to 2,401 m in Wyoming. Steamboat Mountain stands 2,650 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabin Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49024015, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,401 m
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
64 named places within 25 miles
- Cabin Butte: 2.2 mi
- Hatcher Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Hague Hill: 4.0 mi
- Emmons Cone: 4.1 mi
- Emmons Mesa: 4.3 mi
- Reliance Park: 13.6 mi
- Sweetwater County R/C Field: 14.5 mi
- Paul J. Wataha Recreation Area: 16.8 mi
- Century West Park: 17.5 mi
- Mesa Park: 17.8 mi
- White Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Steamboat Rim: 12.6 mi
- Bush Rim: 20.2 mi
- Tenmile Rim: 20.7 mi
- Joe Hay Rim: 24.8 mi
- Winton: 8.8 mi
- Dines: 10.0 mi
- Salt Wells: 12.7 mi
- Crookston Ranch Cultural Site: 8.8 mi
- Tri Territory Monument: 13.2 mi
- Point of Rocks Stage Station: 16.7 mi
- Chicken Springs: 15.2 mi
- Fifteenmile Spring: 20.4 mi
- Ox Yoke Springs: 20.4 mi
- US Air Force Jet: 18.2 mi
- US Army Tank: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Deer Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamboat Mountain | NNE 23° | 2,650 m | 10.0 mi |
| South Table Mountain | NNE 19° | 2,524 m | 5.3 mi |
| Essex Mountain | NNW 346° | 2,441 m | 15.8 mi |
| Black Buttes | SSE 147° | 2,427 m | 22.9 mi |
| Cabin Butte | ESE 118° | 2,425 m | 2.2 mi |
| Pilot Butte | SW 231° | 2,423 m | 20.7 mi |
| North Table Mountain | N 11° | 2,419 m | 6.0 mi |
| Emmons Cone | ESE 106° | 2,392 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:04 | 16:49 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Springs AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1587474 — Deer Butte, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356500531
Day trips start here
- Rock Springs · 19 mi
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