Twin Buttes
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
- 27.7 mi off the Oregon Trail Historic Byway
49 named places within 25 miles
- White Hills: 0.8 mi
- Grey Hills: 2.2 mi
- Bobcat Hill: 7.3 mi
- Sentinel Rock: 7.9 mi
- Cedar Hill: 9.7 mi
- Glendo State Park: 6.1 mi
- Lost Springs Park: 9.6 mi
- State Park: 11.4 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 16.1 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 19.5 mi
- Glendo State Park: 7.0 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esterbrook Hill | SW 228° | 2,064 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sunset Hill | SW 227° | 2,019 m | 22.1 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SW 236° | 1,983 m | 21.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 225° | 1,970 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | W 276° | 1,956 m | 24.8 mi |
| Prairie Dog Hill | SW 231° | 1,950 m | 23.2 mi |
| Lone Tree Hill | E 80° | 1,850 m | 17.8 mi |
| Poison Benchmark | W 261° | 1,796 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:44 | 16:30 |
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 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
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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