Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 2,273 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Twelvemile Hill, a peak 5.3 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Albany County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085956, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2273 m
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Libby Flats Observation Point · 23 mi
107 named places within 25 miles
- Twelvemile Hill: 5.3 mi
- Table Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Jelm Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 12.4 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 13.0 mi
- Optimist Park: 14.1 mi
- Greenbelt Park: 14.3 mi
- Depot Park: 14.5 mi
- 1st Street Plaza: 14.6 mi
- Women’s History statue: 14.6 mi
- Tommy Thompson: 15.2 mi
- Benjamin Franklin: 15.3 mi
- T-Rex: 15.3 mi
- The University Family: 15.3 mi
- Fort Sanders Guardhouse: 13.9 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Matthew Shepard Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Dan Birkholz Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument: 22.3 mi
- Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site: 13.9 mi
- Laramie Historic Railroad Depot and Museum: 14.5 mi
- Laramie Plains Museum: 14.9 mi
- Simpson Springs: 16.0 mi
- Soldier Spring: 16.5 mi
- Pope Springs: 17.0 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 23.5 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Blair Picnic Site: 24.9 mi
- Penstemon Garden: 15.2 mi
- "W" Marker: 16.1 mi
- The Dark Side: 22.1 mi
- Sherman Summit: 22.3 mi
- Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | WNW 288° | 3,639 m | 24.6 mi |
| Gap Point | WNW 291° | 3,585 m | 24.3 mi |
| Browns Peak | WNW 291° | 3,567 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 288° | 3,472 m | 23.9 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | WNW 299° | 3,391 m | 22.1 mi |
| Woolf Benchmark | NW 310° | 3,245 m | 20.4 mi |
| Rock Creek Point | NW 306° | 3,233 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bull Mountain | S 176° | 3,074 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:54 | 16:38 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 42 | 30 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laramie AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505040
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