Pilot Butte
Pilot Butte rises to 2,423 m in Wyoming. Quaking Asp Mountain stands 2,594 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa Park, a park 4.3 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061266, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,423 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
80 named places within 25 miles
- Mesa Park: 4.3 mi
- Paul J. Wataha Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Arthur Park: 6.1 mi
- Foothill Wetlands Area: 6.3 mi
- Springland Pool: 6.4 mi
- White Mountain: 4.8 mi
- The Towers: 9.2 mi
- Wilkins Peak: 10.2 mi
- Whalen Butte: 12.9 mi
- Monument Hill: 15.7 mi
- The Palisades: 9.5 mi
- Tollgate Rock: 9.6 mi
- Blue Rim: 15.3 mi
- White Rocks: 17.7 mi
- Lion Bluffs: 18.7 mi
- Dines: 10.9 mi
- Winton: 11.9 mi
- Bryan: 17.7 mi
- Salt Wells: 18.9 mi
- US Army Tank: 8.1 mi
- US Air Force Jet: 8.1 mi
- Powell Colorado River Expedition: 10.3 mi
- M60: 10.6 mi
- Chicken Springs: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pilot Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quaking Asp Mountain | SE 135° | 2,594 m | 18.8 mi |
| Cabin Butte | NE 56° | 2,425 m | 21.7 mi |
| Deer Butte | NE 50° | 2,401 m | 20.7 mi |
| Emmons Cone | ENE 59° | 2,392 m | 23.2 mi |
| Antelope Butte | SSE 156° | 2,347 m | 19.7 mi |
| Table | SE 129° | 2,342 m | 19.2 mi |
| Emmons Mesa | ENE 59° | 2,336 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hatcher Mesa | ENE 57° | 2,336 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:14 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:06 | 16:51 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Springs Fire Dept, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356503048
Day trips start here
- Rock Springs · 9 mi
- Green River · 11 mi
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