Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 1,945 m in Wyoming. Trout Peak stands 3,724 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Mountain, a peak 4.2 miles away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 12 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
Wikidata Q49067137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,945 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 18.4 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dead Indian Overlook · 16 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 19 mi
79 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Monument Hill: 5.6 mi
- Logan Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Heart Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Buffalo Bill State Park: 4.9 mi
- Valley View Park: 5.0 mi
- Don Little Park: 5.5 mi
- River View Park: 5.6 mi
- Paul Stock Park: 5.7 mi
- Plains Indian Museum: 5.6 mi
- Whitney Western Art Museum: 5.6 mi
- Cody Firearms Museum: 5.6 mi
- Buffalo Bill Center of the West: 5.6 mi
- Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home: 5.6 mi
- Old Trail Town: 4.7 mi
- Cody Firearms Experience: 4.9 mi
- Wild Sheep Exhibit: 5.7 mi
- Dan Miller's Cowboy Music Review: 6.0 mi
- Buffalo Bill – The Scout: 5.5 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 18.9 mi
- Horse Creek Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 20.3 mi
- Meeteetse Rim: 23.3 mi
- Bear: 6.7 mi
- Loch-Katrine Bird Reservation: 15.5 mi
- The English Gardens: 18.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Peak | W 280° | 3,724 m | 17.3 mi |
| Dead Indian Peak | W 279° | 3,703 m | 21.5 mi |
| Citadel Mountain | SW 232° | 3,617 m | 24.6 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | W 280° | 3,403 m | 24.9 mi |
| Elkhorn Peak | WNW 291° | 3,210 m | 19.2 mi |
| Jim Mountain | W 262° | 3,175 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pat O'Hara Peak | NW 306° | 3,026 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pat O'Hara Mountain | NW 312° | 2,858 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:51 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:21 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:52 | 16:40 |
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 | 29 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo Bill DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356503438
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