Hawks Butte
Hawks Butte rises to 2,128 m in Wyoming. Cherry Creek Hill stands 2,590 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 27 miles off. 36 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035354, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,128 m
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
- 27.9 mi off the Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sneider’s Point Overlook · 30 mi
36 named places within 25 miles
- Battle Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Bull Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Klondike Peak: 6.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Lysite Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 10.3 mi
- Lysite-Lost Cobin Community Recreation Center: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hawks Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek Hill | E 91° | 2,590 m | 19.1 mi |
| Copper Mountain | WSW 242° | 2,481 m | 18.0 mi |
| Guffy Peak | WSW 250° | 2,431 m | 15.7 mi |
| Greer Peak | SW 227° | 2,328 m | 15.0 mi |
| Horse Butte | ENE 66° | 2,270 m | 23.4 mi |
| Fuller Peak | SW 225° | 2,266 m | 15.0 mi |
| Lysite Mountain | S 180° | 2,187 m | 8.6 mi |
| Klondike Peak | W 270° | 2,181 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:12 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:50 | 16:37 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 64 | 73 | 71 | 60 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Black MTN, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356501639
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