Red Butte

Red Butte: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Red Butte

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Red Butte — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.59048, -107.72068. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Red Butte

• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~11 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~37 km · Must-see
• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~48 km · Must-see
• Tongue Cave · cave · Sheridan · ~52 km · Must-see
• Mason-Lovell Ranch · attraction · Big Horn · ~55 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~55 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~60 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~60 km · Must-see
• Dayton Community Hall · fort · Sheridan · ~60 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~60 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~60 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~61 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~62 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~64 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~68 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~73 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~75 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Red Butte

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Red Butte

• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~48 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~60 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~60 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~60 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~60 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~61 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~62 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~64 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~68 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~75 km · Must-see

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