Red Buttes
Red Buttes rises to 2,360 m in Wyoming. Black Mountain stands 3,030 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Simpson Springs, a spring 3.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49067150, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,360 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crow Benchmark: 5.1 mi
- Bennet Hill: 6.3 mi
- Poland Hill: 6.3 mi
- Point Crawford: 6.6 mi
- Leg Benchmark: 7.1 mi
- Rotary Clubs Park: 7.7 mi
- Imperial Heights Park: 7.9 mi
- LaPrele Park: 8.5 mi
- Devils Playground: 8.6 mi
- Washington Park: 8.8 mi
- Rat Brain: Fantasia Wall: 6.3 mi
- Skull Rock: 6.3 mi
- Walt's Wall: 7.5 mi
- The Coke Bottle: 7.5 mi
- The Clamshell: 7.6 mi
- Octogon Graffiti Umbrella: 8.9 mi
- Wyoming Cowboy: 9.0 mi
- Breakin' Through: 9.0 mi
- Chief Washakie: 9.2 mi
- Cowboy Tough: 9.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument: 5.5 mi
- Ames Monument: 7.2 mi
- Fort Sanders Guardhouse: 7.3 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Matthew Shepard Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Simpson Springs: 3.1 mi
- Soldier Spring: 4.7 mi
- Pope Springs: 5.7 mi
- Sherman Summit: 5.5 mi
- Hecla: 18.0 mi
- Virginia Dale: 18.2 mi
- Laramie Historic Railroad Depot and Museum: 9.5 mi
- Laramie Plains Museum: 9.5 mi
- Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site: 10.0 mi
- Tree Rock: 9.5 mi
- "W" Marker: 10.3 mi
- Blair Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
- Penstemon Garden: 9.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Red Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | SSW 196° | 3,030 m | 22.6 mi |
| Deadhorse Mountain | SSW 194° | 2,762 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pole Mountain | ENE 64° | 2,751 m | 7.3 mi |
| Leg Benchmark | ENE 62° | 2,749 m | 7.1 mi |
| Crow Benchmark | NE 50° | 2,708 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pilot Hill | NNE 21° | 2,691 m | 9.3 mi |
| Point Crawford | ENE 74° | 2,673 m | 6.6 mi |
| Green Mountain | E 88° | 2,651 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:57 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 64 | 58 | 44 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laramie 4SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356503444
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