Red Buttes
Red Buttes rises to 1,832 m in Wyoming. Muddy Mountain stands 2,521 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Limestone Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 15 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49067153, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1832 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
- 17.0 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
71 named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Park: 8.9 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 9.2 mi
- Goodstein Park: 9.2 mi
- Fort Casper Historical Grounds: 9.3 mi
- Yesness Park: 9.5 mi
- Limestone Hill: 0.9 mi
- Coal Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bessemer Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Oil Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Casper Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Fort Caspar Museum: 9.3 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 10.6 mi
- War Birds Museum: 11.0 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 11.0 mi
- Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum: 11.1 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 2.4 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 5.0 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 7.2 mi
- Greasewood " Rescue Site Martin Handcart Company.: 17.7 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
- Wardwell Field: 13.9 mi
- Prometheus: 11.8 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,521 m | 13.7 mi |
| Six Horse Hill | ESE 118° | 2,448 m | 23.2 mi |
| Casper Mountain | E 86° | 2,390 m | 9.7 mi |
| Ice Cave Mountain | SE 133° | 2,349 m | 22.7 mi |
| Negro Hill | ESE 105° | 2,330 m | 20.8 mi |
| Horse Peak | S 178° | 2,293 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | S 185° | 2,280 m | 21.3 mi |
| Banner Mountain | E 99° | 2,220 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casper-natrona CO AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356503447
Day trips start here
- Central Wyoming · 7 mi
- Casper · 11 mi
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