Long Butte
Long Butte rises to 1,624 m in Wyoming. Copper Mountain stands 2,481 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Day Butte, a peak 2.7 miles away. Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 36 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046319, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,624 m
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
36 named places within 25 miles
- Day Butte: 2.7 mi
- Dolus Hill: 3.1 mi
- Gates Butte: 3.2 mi
- Dolis Hill: 3.7 mi
- Gibbs Butte: 3.9 mi
- Lysite-Lost Cobin Community Recreation Center: 5.4 mi
- Boysen State Park: 20.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 19.2 mi
- Windy Point: 24.3 mi
- Lakeside: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Long Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mountain | NW 325° | 2,481 m | 11.9 mi |
| Guffy Peak | NNW 336° | 2,431 m | 14.0 mi |
| Greer Peak | NNW 347° | 2,328 m | 8.1 mi |
| Birdseye Mountain | NW 304° | 2,274 m | 18.6 mi |
| Fuller Peak | N 349° | 2,266 m | 7.6 mi |
| Boysen Peak | WNW 298° | 2,261 m | 22.8 mi |
| Stagner Mountain | WNW 297° | 2,236 m | 23.4 mi |
| Stone Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,188 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:12 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:52 | 16:39 |
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 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 48 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 71 | 61 | 46 | 31 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoshoni, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356502422
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