Haystack Buttes
Haystack Buttes rises to 1,860 m in Wyoming. Reno Hill stands 2,642 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Buttes, a peak 3.5 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 11 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,860 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
- 27.8 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
77 named places within 25 miles
- Beartrap Meadow County Park: 15.1 mi
- Rotary Park: 16.7 mi
- Goodstein Park: 18.5 mi
- Yesness Park: 19.1 mi
- Adams Park: 19.9 mi
- Twin Buttes: 3.5 mi
- Bear Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Horse Peak: 10.4 mi
- Coal Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Clarkson Hill: 13.0 mi
- Fort Caspar Museum: 20.4 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 20.4 mi
- Ida Goodstein Visual Arts Center: 21.0 mi
- Werner Wildlife Museum: 21.2 mi
- The Science Zone: 21.9 mi
- Greasewood " Rescue Site Martin Handcart Company.: 14.1 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 15.4 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 17.8 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 20.4 mi
- Dry Creek Rim: 14.2 mi
- Fourmile Point: 19.3 mi
- Dugway Rim: 22.2 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 13.2 mi
- Deer Spring: 21.3 mi
- Prometheus: 22.0 mi
- Shirley Basin: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Haystack Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Hill | E 85° | 2,642 m | 21.5 mi |
| Muddy Mountain | NE 53° | 2,521 m | 14.8 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SW 234° | 2,488 m | 24.7 mi |
| The Chimneys | SW 227° | 2,475 m | 24.7 mi |
| Six Horse Hill | E 83° | 2,448 m | 19.5 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | S 179° | 2,434 m | 14.3 mi |
| Casper Mountain | NNE 31° | 2,390 m | 16.2 mi |
| Tops Benchmark | SW 230° | 2,351 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
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 | 25 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bates Creek #2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356501654
Day trips start here
- Central Wyoming · 20 mi
- Casper · 21 mi
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