Lime Buttes
Lime Buttes rises to 1,556 m in Wyoming. Laird Peak stands 2,089 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gypsum Buttes, a peak 1.6 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
mountain in Crook County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49044228, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1556 m
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pull out · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gypsum Buttes: 1.6 mi
- Sundance Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Bock Hill: 4.1 mi
- O'Haver Hill: 4.7 mi
- Green Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Sundance White Ranch Park: 3.2 mi
- Sundance City Park: 3.9 mi
- Sundance Square: 4.1 mi
- Sundance Pond Park: 4.1 mi
- Sport Feilds: 4.3 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 21.2 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 21.9 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 22.2 mi
- Lower Windy Pine Falls: 22.4 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
- Tinton: 16.1 mi
- Ragged Top: 24.0 mi
- Klondike School: 17.7 mi
- Devils Tower: 20.1 mi
- Sundance Kid statue: 4.1 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Roadside picnic: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Lime Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laird Peak | ESE 117° | 2,089 m | 20.3 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | E 91° | 2,034 m | 15.3 mi |
| Warren Peak | NNW 338° | 2,029 m | 9.6 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | E 88° | 2,026 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bull Hill | NNW 341° | 1,948 m | 10.6 mi |
| Inyan Kara Mountain | S 173° | 1,935 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,931 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mineral Hill | E 83° | 1,918 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1590688 — Lime Buttes, Crook County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356502291
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