Gypsum Buttes
Gypsum Buttes rises to 1,517 m in Wyoming. Laird Peak stands 2,089 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lime Buttes, a peak 1.6 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49034417, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1517 m
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pull out · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lime Buttes: 1.6 mi
- Hooker Peak: 3.7 mi
- O'Haver Hill: 3.7 mi
- O'Haver Peak: 3.8 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Sundance White Ranch Park: 4.7 mi
- Sundance City Park: 5.4 mi
- Sundance Pond Park: 5.5 mi
- Sundance Square: 5.5 mi
- Sport Feilds: 5.7 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 20.4 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 21.1 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 22.5 mi
- Lower Windy Pine Falls: 22.7 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Tinton: 15.5 mi
- Ragged Top: 23.3 mi
- Carbonate: 24.5 mi
- Klondike School: 16.8 mi
- Devils Tower: 21.7 mi
- Sundance Kid statue: 5.5 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Roadside picnic: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Gypsum Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laird Peak | ESE 115° | 2,089 m | 19.0 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | E 86° | 2,034 m | 14.5 mi |
| Warren Peak | NNW 337° | 2,029 m | 11.2 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | E 82° | 2,026 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bull Hill | NNW 339° | 1,948 m | 12.2 mi |
| Inyan Kara Mountain | S 178° | 1,935 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,931 m | 14.1 mi |
| Sweetwater Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,929 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:01 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:34 | 16:22 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sundance, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356511229
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