Potato Butte
Potato Butte rises to 1,792 m in Wyoming. Birdseye Mountain stands 2,274 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top Mountain, a peak 3.9 miles away. Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063690, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,792 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- World's Largest Mineral Hot Spring · 15 mi
- Sneider’s Point Overlook · 15 mi
40 named places within 25 miles
- Round Top Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Big Table Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Antelope Butte: 5.6 mi
- Jenkins Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Little Table Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Minnesela Slope: 8.3 mi
- Windy Point: 13.0 mi
- Padlock Rim: 13.4 mi
- The Block: 14.7 mi
- Legend Rocks: 19.8 mi
- Candy Jack Park: 13.0 mi
- Family Park: 13.2 mi
- Hot Springs State Park: 14.4 mi
- Boysen State Park: 22.9 mi
- Rifle: 13.5 mi
- Bow and Arrow: 13.5 mi
- Tyrannosaurus: 13.6 mi
- Teepee Fountain: 14.3 mi
- Rainbow Terraces: 14.5 mi
- Legend Rock Petroglyph Site: 19.9 mi
- Hot Springs County Museum: 13.5 mi
- Big Horn Spring: 14.6 mi
- Gebo: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potato Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birdseye Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,274 m | 17.9 mi |
| Boysen Peak | ESE 114° | 2,261 m | 13.4 mi |
| Stagner Mountain | ESE 116° | 2,236 m | 12.7 mi |
| Jenkins Mountain | SW 224° | 2,233 m | 6.0 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ESE 109° | 2,188 m | 15.5 mi |
| Antelope Butte | SE 134° | 2,104 m | 5.6 mi |
| Nostrum Mountain | E 89° | 2,085 m | 7.6 mi |
| Big Table Mountain | NW 324° | 1,973 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:48 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:54 | 16:41 |
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 | 29 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thermopolis, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1592983 — Potato Butte, Hot Springs County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356503247
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