The Buttes
The Buttes rises to 2,508 m in Wyoming. Pole Mountain stands 2,751 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldy Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082239, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2508 m
How to reach it
102 named places within 25 miles
- Baldy Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Goat Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Iron Mountain: 6.9 mi
- King Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Limestone Rim: 7.3 mi
- Sybille Game and Fish Experimental Unit: 14.2 mi
- Kiowa Park: 17.9 mi
- O'Dell Mini Park: 18.0 mi
- Scout Park: 18.2 mi
- Little League & Softball Complex: 18.4 mi
- Fanning a Twister: 18.8 mi
- Cowboy Tough: 18.9 mi
- Breakin' Through: 19.0 mi
- Wyoming Cowboy: 19.1 mi
- T-Rex: 19.1 mi
- Matthew Shepard Memorial: 19.1 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Fort Sanders Guardhouse: 22.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument: 23.3 mi
- Sybille Springs: 8.8 mi
- Pope Springs: 21.6 mi
- Soldier Spring: 22.9 mi
- Laramie Plains Museum: 19.3 mi
- Laramie Historic Railroad Depot and Museum: 19.7 mi
- Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site: 19.8 mi
- The Dark Side: 12.9 mi
- "W" Marker: 17.9 mi
- Penstemon Garden: 19.1 mi
- Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center: 23.2 mi
- Sherman Summit: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pole Mountain | S 172° | 2,751 m | 23.8 mi |
| Leg Benchmark | S 172° | 2,749 m | 23.7 mi |
| Crow Benchmark | S 178° | 2,708 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pilot Hill | S 179° | 2,691 m | 18.2 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | SW 223° | 2,618 m | 2.7 mi |
| King Mountain | S 180° | 2,610 m | 7.0 mi |
| Sherman Hill | SSE 168° | 2,582 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bisbee Hill | S 170° | 2,556 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
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 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sybille Rsch Unit, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356504712
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