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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 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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49062054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3504 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
Historic sites: 1
  • Upper Brooks Lake Trailhead: 2.4 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 PeakNNE 16°3,691 m16.8 mi
Thorofare MountainNNE 20°3,663 m17.1 mi
The RamshornE 83°3,625 m10.7 mi
Raggedtop MountainENE 64°3,605 m13.9 mi
Hardluck MountainNE 43°3,579 m21.9 mi
Thunder MountainN 1°3,535 m19.7 mi
Ramshorn PeakE 99°3,509 m11.6 mi
Devils GraveyardENE 65°3,509 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 5080 °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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