Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 1,800 m in Wyoming. Dewey Benchmark stands 2,032 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away. 27 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Converse County, Wyoming, United States
Wikidata Q49067133, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1800 m
How to reach it
27 named places within 25 miles
- Coal Hill: 1.9 mi
- Gumbo Hill: 5.0 mi
- Blue Hill: 6.3 mi
- Blizzard Heights: 7.4 mi
- Top of the World: 9.7 mi
- Oregon Trail Marker: 15.8 mi
- Edness K. Wilkins State Park: 20.9 mi
- Converse County Park: 21.5 mi
- Bozeman Trail Marker: 23.8 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 23.8 mi
- Glenrock Deer Creek Museum: 13.0 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 14.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Benchmark | SSE 167° | 2,032 m | 22.3 mi |
| Windy Benchmark | SSE 161° | 1,998 m | 22.7 mi |
| Blue Hill | W 279° | 1,842 m | 6.3 mi |
| Twentymile Hill | WNW 282° | 1,780 m | 23.6 mi |
| Blizzard Heights | ENE 74° | 1,771 m | 7.4 mi |
| Coal Hill | SSE 160° | 1,744 m | 1.9 mi |
| Morris Hill | E 90° | 1,738 m | 10.2 mi |
| Campbell Hill | WSW 246° | 1,720 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casper 1SW, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1593240 — Red Butte, Converse County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356503434
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- Casper · 28 mi
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