Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 1,538 m in Wyoming. Sheets Mountain stands 1,917 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 12 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States; Geonames ID = 5836133
Wikidata Q49067130, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1538 m
How to reach it
- 26.7 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
34 named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 11.5 mi
- Dobie Butte: 11.9 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Dead Indian Hill: 14.7 mi
- Bull Knoll: 15.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 19.3 mi
- Railway Park: 19.6 mi
- Pioneer Square: 19.8 mi
- Sanders Park: 20.1 mi
- Newell Sargent Park: 20.3 mi
- Washakie County Museum: 20.4 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 21.0 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 21.8 mi
- Beaver Slide: 20.1 mi
- Hillberry Rim: 23.1 mi
- The Worland W: 18.4 mi
- Worland Community Garden: 20.2 mi
- Caboose: 21.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheets Mountain | W 281° | 1,917 m | 18.2 mi |
| Tatman Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,915 m | 17.6 mi |
| Buck Buttes | WSW 249° | 1,835 m | 23.8 mi |
| Crow Woman Buttes | WSW 246° | 1,832 m | 18.1 mi |
| Sawtooth | WSW 247° | 1,743 m | 18.7 mi |
| Wild Horse Heaven | WSW 252° | 1,740 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bull Knoll | SW 234° | 1,709 m | 15.8 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NW 310° | 1,678 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:16 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
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 | 21 | 27 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 77 | 74 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Basin, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1593241 — Red Butte, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356503437
Take the scenic way to Red Butte.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.