Lake Butte
Lake Butte rises to 2,661 m in Wyoming. Pinnacle Mountain stands 3,469 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sedge Bay Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,661 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Chittenden: 5.1 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 5.2 mi
- Avalanche Peak: 6.2 mi
- Sulphur Hills: 6.5 mi
- Hoyt Peak: 7.1 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Fishing Bridge Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 2.1 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 11.3 mi
- Mud Caldron: 11.4 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 11.5 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 11.6 mi
- Steamboat Point: 2.1 mi
- Holmes Point: 2.3 mi
- Elk Point: 3.0 mi
- Storm Point: 4.3 mi
- Park Point: 5.6 mi
- Churning Caldron: 11.3 mi
- Sour Lake: 11.3 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 11.5 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 16.5 mi
- King Geyser: 16.6 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 8.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 11.4 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 16.6 mi
- West Thumb Geyser Basin: 16.6 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 17.4 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 18.1 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 18.3 mi
- Crystal Falls: 18.4 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 23.5 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 7.7 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 8.1 mi
- De Lacy Park: 22.6 mi
- Basin Creek: 23.8 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Lake Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | SE 131° | 3,469 m | 19.7 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SE 139° | 3,460 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | E 88° | 3,408 m | 20.7 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 146° | 3,365 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Humphreys | SE 141° | 3,359 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Schurz | SE 141° | 3,356 m | 15.1 mi |
| Pollux Peak | ENE 57° | 3,348 m | 19.6 mi |
| Howell Mountain | ESE 120° | 3,342 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Yellowstone, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1590460 — Lake Butte, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356502245
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 16 mi
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