Ross Butte
Ross Butte rises to 2,280 m in Wyoming. Half Moon Mountain stands 2,652 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is The Mesa, a peak 8.2 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069464, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,280 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
48 named places within 25 miles
- The Mesa: 8.2 mi
- Iron Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 9.9 mi
- Red Hill: 9.9 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 10.2 mi
- Marbleton Park: 10.1 mi
- Boyd Skinner Park: 20.3 mi
- Wrangler Park: 20.5 mi
- American Legion Park: 20.7 mi
- Burzlander Park: 20.7 mi
- Green River Valley Museum: 10.5 mi
- Sommers Homestead Living History Museum: 14.7 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 20.8 mi
- Blue Rim: 8.6 mi
- Stewart Point: 17.3 mi
- New Fork: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ross Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half Moon Mountain | NNE 20° | 2,652 m | 24.6 mi |
| Cretaceous Mountain | WSW 245° | 2,616 m | 23.8 mi |
| Big Mesa | SW 232° | 2,439 m | 23.6 mi |
| Fremont Butte | NE 53° | 2,393 m | 18.9 mi |
| Cora Butte | NNW 348° | 2,360 m | 24.6 mi |
| Deer Hill | W 268° | 2,353 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Airy | N 358° | 2,333 m | 19.0 mi |
| Little Mesa | SW 230° | 2,333 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:04 | 16:50 |
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 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 60 | 51 | 38 | 24 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Piney Marbleton AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356503713
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