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Pinnacle Buttes

Pinnacle Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

Pinnacle Buttes rises to 3,504 m in Wyoming. Younts Peak stands 3,691 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Barbers Point, a peak 2.9 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

The story

Pinnacle Buttes is an 11,516-foot-elevation (3,510-meter) mountain summit located in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49062054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3,504 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.74856, -109.95768

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Brooks Lake Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Upper North Fork Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Lower North Fork Falls: 18.0 mi
Springs: 1
Museums: 1
Parks: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Pinnacle Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Younts PeakNNE3,691 m16.8 mi
Thorofare MountainNNE3,663 m17.1 mi
The RamshornE3,625 m10.7 mi
Raggedtop MountainENE3,605 m13.9 mi
Hardluck MountainNE3,579 m21.9 mi
Thunder MountainN3,535 m19.7 mi
Ramshorn PeakE3,509 m11.6 mi
Devils GraveyardENE3,509 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5419:32
June solstice05:3920:2221:06
September equinox07:0818:4119:19
December solstice07:5115:5916:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242532374655616052413124
Precip in0.30.50.51.32.01.41.00.91.30.90.60.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubois, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356506609

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