Pine Butte
Pine Butte rises to 2,665 m in Wyoming. Pine Mountain stands 2,865 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Butte, a peak 2.6 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061475, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,665 m
How to reach it
- 27.1 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
25 named places within 25 miles
- Sand Butte: 2.6 mi
- Five Monument Butte: 12.8 mi
- Camel Rock: 14.8 mi
- Elk Butte: 15.6 mi
- Black Buttes: 18.3 mi
- Sand Butte Rim: 5.9 mi
- Sixmile Rim: 10.6 mi
- Kinney Rim: 12.0 mi
- Rifes Rim: 15.0 mi
- Adobe Town Rim: 15.4 mi
- Bitter Creek Rest Area (westbound): 24.3 mi
- Bitter Creek Rest Area (eastbound): 24.3 mi
- Three Patches Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pine Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | SW 221° | 2,865 m | 24.9 mi |
| Quaking Asp Mountain | WNW 295° | 2,594 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sand Butte | N 8° | 2,559 m | 2.6 mi |
| Potter Mountain | SW 234° | 2,545 m | 18.6 mi |
| Black Buttes | NNW 339° | 2,427 m | 18.3 mi |
| Elk Butte | WSW 243° | 2,415 m | 15.6 mi |
| Scrivner Butte | SSW 210° | 2,409 m | 18.5 mi |
| Table | WNW 299° | 2,342 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:05 | 16:49 |
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 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bitter Creek 4 NE, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1592760 — Pine Butte, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356503063
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