Wild Horse Butte
Wild Horse Butte rises to 1,660 m in Wyoming. Buck Mountain stands 2,911 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is North Butte, a peak 2.8 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 13 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States
Wikidata Q49089874, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1660 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 21.1 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
61 named places within 25 miles
- North Butte: 2.8 mi
- Signal Butte: 6.0 mi
- Wild Horse Hill: 6.2 mi
- Middle Butte: 6.5 mi
- South Butte: 12.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 14.3 mi
- Home Alone Area: 14.4 mi
- Contra Wall: 14.5 mi
- Sidewalk Buttress: 14.5 mi
- Waterfall Wall: 15.2 mi
- Vista Park: 7.1 mi
- Leigh Creek Vee: 16.7 mi
- Sunrise Heights Park: 20.5 mi
- Sage Creek Park: 20.9 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 20.9 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 7.1 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 7.1 mi
- Washakie County Museum: 20.9 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 7.7 mi
- The Worland W: 24.0 mi
- Moses Spring: 19.3 mi
- Worland Community Garden: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wild Horse Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Mountain | NNE 29° | 2,911 m | 24.2 mi |
| Tabletop | ESE 107° | 2,593 m | 23.6 mi |
| The Island | NNE 19° | 2,502 m | 23.4 mi |
| Monument Hill | E 85° | 2,461 m | 20.1 mi |
| Horse Butte | SE 134° | 2,270 m | 24.5 mi |
| Buttes | NNE 31° | 2,143 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mahogany Butte | SSE 160° | 1,965 m | 22.9 mi |
| Leigh Monument | NE 51° | 1,946 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:13 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:48 | 16:36 |
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 | 28 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tensleep 4NE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505449
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