McDermotts Butte
McDermotts Butte rises to 1,330 m in Wyoming. Iron Mountain stands 3,075 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dobie Butte, a peak 10 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 9.3 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49048725, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,330 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
43 named places within 25 miles
- Dobie Butte: 10.2 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 14.6 mi
- Wild Horse Hill: 17.7 mi
- Fox Mountain: 17.9 mi
- Bush Butte: 19.1 mi
- Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: 15.6 mi
- Sunrise Heights Park: 16.4 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 17.0 mi
- Pioneer Square: 17.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 17.3 mi
- Washakie County Museum: 16.8 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 21.4 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 22.6 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 23.5 mi
- Devils Leap: 16.6 mi
- Spanish Point: 21.9 mi
- Ed Point: 24.0 mi
- The Worland W: 18.7 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 22.0 mi
- Worland Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Caboose: 21.3 mi
- Reserve Spring: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McDermotts Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | NE 55° | 3,075 m | 23.8 mi |
| Black Butte | ENE 58° | 2,810 m | 20.0 mi |
| Cement Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,733 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,720 m | 20.4 mi |
| The Island | E 84° | 2,502 m | 21.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNE 19° | 2,313 m | 24.0 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NNE 18° | 2,211 m | 23.2 mi |
| Bush Butte | NNE 30° | 2,176 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:48 | 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 | 21 | 27 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 77 | 74 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Basin, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1591313 — McDermotts Butte, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356502542
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