Pinnacle Buttes
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 Upper Brooks Lake Trailhead, a historic site 2.4 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.
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Wikidata Q49062054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3504 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Barbers Point: 2.9 mi
- Sublette Peak: 4.0 mi
- Du Noir Butte: 4.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.1 mi
- Coffin Butte: 5.3 mi
- Breccia Cliffs: 6.5 mi
- Lincoln Point: 18.1 mi
- Norton Point: 20.9 mi
- Indian Point: 21.7 mi
- Brooks Lake Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper North Fork Falls: 17.9 mi
- Lower North Fork Falls: 18.0 mi
- Upper Brooks Lake Trailhead: 2.4 mi
- Big Springs: 13.0 mi
- Dubois Museum: 21.4 mi
- Salt Barrels Park: 22.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Younts Peak | NNE 16° | 3,691 m | 16.8 mi |
| Thorofare Mountain | NNE 20° | 3,663 m | 17.1 mi |
| The Ramshorn | E 83° | 3,625 m | 10.7 mi |
| Raggedtop Mountain | ENE 64° | 3,605 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hardluck Mountain | NE 43° | 3,579 m | 21.9 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | N 1° | 3,535 m | 19.7 mi |
| Ramshorn Peak | E 99° | 3,509 m | 11.6 mi |
| Devils Graveyard | ENE 65° | 3,509 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:22 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:59 | 16:46 |
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 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 60 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubois, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506609
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