Haystack Butte
Haystack Butte rises to 2,264 m in Wyoming. Elizabeth Mountain stands 3,150 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Butte, a peak 1.3 miles away. Muddy Creek Historic Backway passes 2.6 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49035570, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2264 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Muddy Creek Historic Backway
- 7.6 mi off the Bridger Valley Historic Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section
- 24.9 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
56 named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Butte: 1.3 mi
- Bridger Butte: 4.1 mi
- Dans Nipple: 6.6 mi
- Chapman Butte: 8.7 mi
- Bald Knoll: 8.9 mi
- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site: 6.0 mi
- Mountain View Park: 9.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 13.8 mi
- Slab Park: 15.2 mi
- Jacks Park: 15.2 mi
- Eight Spring: 14.6 mi
- Seventeen Spring: 15.3 mi
- Barrel Springs: 16.0 mi
- Crompton Spring: 19.2 mi
- Foote Spring: 20.4 mi
- Piedmont: 6.4 mi
- Blacks Fork: 18.9 mi
- Bear River City: 19.4 mi
- Jim Bridger's Fort: 8.1 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 8.2 mi
- Bear River City: 18.7 mi
- Fort Bridger Museum: 8.1 mi
- Uinta County Museum: 23.9 mi
- Lyman Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Evanston Information Center: 22.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Haystack Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Mountain | SSW 213° | 3,150 m | 21.5 mi |
| Poison Mountain | SSE 148° | 3,046 m | 24.5 mi |
| Thunderbolt Mountain | S 170° | 2,905 m | 16.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | SSE 154° | 2,900 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cottonwood Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,843 m | 16.8 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 143° | 2,807 m | 18.2 mi |
| Hickey Mountain | SE 127° | 2,686 m | 17.9 mi |
| Medicine Butte | WNW 291° | 2,621 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:17 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:12 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 22 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 29 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN View, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1589432 — Haystack Butte, Uinta County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356501651
Day trips start here
- Lyman · 13 mi
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