Medicine Butte
Medicine Butte rises to 2,621 m in Wyoming. Pine Knoll stands 2,571 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Foote Spring, a spring 3.6 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section passes 6.5 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
The story
Medicine Butte is a mountain located in Uinta County, approximately 6.9 miles (11 km) north of the city of Evanston, Wyoming. It is 8,610 feet (2,624 m) in elevation and can be reached via an access road. The mountain houses radio towers serving numerous local and regional services. The mountain is named as such by Native Americans because of the great variety of herbs and roots that they used for medicine which were found on the slopes of the butte. The mountain is sometimes known as "Fremont’s Monument" for John C. Fremont.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6806698, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2621 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section
- 14.9 mi off the Muddy Creek Historic Backway
- 24.6 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - UT Section
- 24.6 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
65 named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Hill: 7.8 mi
- The Hogback: 11.0 mi
- South Sheep Mountain: 12.3 mi
- Hanks Hill: 12.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 12.6 mi
- Foote Spring: 3.6 mi
- Crompton Spring: 4.3 mi
- Grove Spring: 5.7 mi
- Section 2 Spring: 9.9 mi
- School Section Spring: 10.0 mi
- Bear River City: 12.5 mi
- Wahsatch: 15.0 mi
- Piedmont: 17.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 21.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 22.6 mi
- Hamblin Park: 6.0 mi
- Anderson Park: 6.8 mi
- Ottley Park: 7.9 mi
- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site: 17.5 mi
- Evanston Flying Club Airfield: 5.0 mi
- Bear River City: 13.7 mi
- Rocky Point: 17.6 mi
- Crockers Point: 24.0 mi
- Evanston Information Center: 6.2 mi
- Uinta County Museum: 6.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Medicine Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Knoll | SSE 161° | 2,571 m | 22.2 mi |
| Chapman Butte | SE 133° | 2,563 m | 21.2 mi |
| Twenty Knoll | SSE 153° | 2,528 m | 20.0 mi |
| Bridger Hill | N 355° | 2,501 m | 20.6 mi |
| South Sheep Mountain | N 5° | 2,496 m | 12.3 mi |
| The Pinnacle | N 356° | 2,488 m | 15.0 mi |
| Aspen Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,467 m | 13.8 mi |
| North Sheep Mountain | N 6° | 2,457 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evanston 1 E, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1609124 — Medicine Butte, Uinta County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356511233
Take the scenic way to Medicine Butte.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.