Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 1,851 m in Wyoming. Copper Mountain stands 2,481 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Horse Butte, a peak 2.7 miles away. Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49085965, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,851 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
56 named places within 25 miles
- Wild Horse Butte: 2.7 mi
- Black Butte: 5.5 mi
- Monument Hill: 5.5 mi
- Coyote Hill: 6.5 mi
- Blue Hill: 8.1 mi
- The Block: 6.1 mi
- Windy Point: 10.0 mi
- Minnesela Slope: 12.2 mi
- Padlock Rim: 21.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 21.2 mi
- Hot Springs State Park: 7.8 mi
- Family Park: 9.0 mi
- Candy Jack Park: 9.1 mi
- Tyrannosaurus: 8.5 mi
- Rifle: 8.6 mi
- Bow and Arrow: 8.6 mi
- Rainbow Terraces: 7.9 mi
- Teepee Fountain: 8.0 mi
- Big Horn Spring: 7.8 mi
- Hot Springs County Museum: 8.6 mi
- Gebo: 14.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mountain | SSE 154° | 2,481 m | 13.5 mi |
| Guffy Peak | SE 142° | 2,431 m | 11.4 mi |
| Greer Peak | SE 142° | 2,328 m | 17.6 mi |
| Birdseye Mountain | SSW 193° | 2,274 m | 11.8 mi |
| Fuller Peak | SE 142° | 2,266 m | 18.3 mi |
| Boysen Peak | SSW 213° | 2,261 m | 13.5 mi |
| Stagner Mountain | SW 216° | 2,236 m | 14.0 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSW 205° | 2,188 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:52 | 16:39 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thermopolis, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1595778 — Twin Buttes, Hot Springs County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505075
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