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Twin Buttes

Twin Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

Twin Buttes rises to 1,533 m in Wyoming. Esterbrook Hill stands 2,064 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is White Hills, a peak 0.8 miles away. Oregon Trail Historic Byway passes 28 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Wyoming, United States of America

Wikidata Q49085958, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1533 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.64191, -105.00997

49 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Parks: 9
Nature reserves: 1
  • Glendo State Park: 7.0 mi
Museums: 1
  • Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 21.0 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Esterbrook HillSW 228°2,064 m23.0 mi
Sunset HillSW 227°2,019 m22.1 mi
Elk MountainSW 236°1,983 m21.4 mi
Castle RockSW 225°1,970 m24.7 mi
Sheep MountainW 276°1,956 m24.8 mi
Prairie Dog HillSW 231°1,950 m23.2 mi
Lone Tree HillE 80°1,850 m17.8 mi
Poison BenchmarkW 261°1,796 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2319:5920:42
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2815:4416:30

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222535435363716958443222
Precip in0.30.40.91.53.21.61.41.20.81.10.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendo 6NE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1595776 — Twin Buttes, Converse County, Wyoming.

OpenStreetMap element node/356505067

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