Wild Horse Butte
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Wild Horse Butte rises to 1,650 m in Utah. San Rafael Knob stands 2,408 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mollys Castle, a peak 2.1 miles away. Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Wild Horse Butte is a 5,760-foot (1,756-meter) elevation summit located in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County, Utah. Wild Horse Butte is situated 2.3 mi (3.7 km) west of Mollys Castle, and the top of this geological feature rises over 800 feet above its surrounding terrain, with precipitation runoff from Wild Horse Butte entering the Colorado River drainage basin. John C. Frémont's fifth expedition (1853–1854) stopped at Wild Horse Butte in January 1854, when Solomon Nunes Carvalho recorded a daguerreotype image of this butte.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49089867, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,650 m
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Bicentennial Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mollys Castle: 2.1 mi
- Rough Point: 4.2 mi
- Chute Buttress: 5.2 mi
- Gilson Butte: 5.5 mi
- Little Gilson Butte: 6.3 mi
- Buckskin Spring: 3.8 mi
- Bullberry Spring: 8.9 mi
- Swazy Seep: 9.5 mi
- Jeffrey Well: 10.3 mi
- Temple Spring: 12.7 mi
- Wild Horse Window: 5.7 mi
- Temple Mountain Wash Pictograph Panel: 6.3 mi
- Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry: 9.5 mi
- Metal Arts: 14.1 mi
- Wolverton Mill: 14.6 mi
- Drop: 2.9 mi
- Obstacle: 6.7 mi
- Skyline Rim: 11.6 mi
- North Caineville Reef: 12.9 mi
- Long Dong Silver: 14.1 mi
- Bighorn Falls: 19.4 mi
- Scorpion Falls: 19.8 mi
- Miner's Cabin: 5.8 mi
- Carl's Critter Garden: 14.1 mi
- Giles: 16.0 mi
- Brake Test Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Wild Horse Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Rafael Knob | NNW 336° | 2,408 m | 17.7 mi |
| Saddle Point | N 356° | 2,305 m | 21.8 mi |
| Block Mountain | N 357° | 2,262 m | 15.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNW 347° | 2,257 m | 21.6 mi |
| Devil Point | NW 324° | 2,256 m | 19.9 mi |
| Square Top | NW 325° | 2,248 m | 16.5 mi |
| Family Butte | NNW 333° | 2,215 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cat Point | NW 310° | 2,203 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 35 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 72 | 79 | 76 | 67 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goblin Valley SP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356674802
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