Pine Butte

Pine Butte: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 Pine Butte

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

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

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

How to reach Pine Butte — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.41580, -106.34780. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pine Butte

• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~8 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~16 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~16 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~32 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~35 km · Must-see
• Fort Halleck · fort · Carbon · ~43 km · Must-see
• Saratoga National Fish Hatchery · park · Carbon · ~47 km · Must-see
• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~48 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~59 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~65 km · Must-see
• Hanna Basin Museum · fort · Carbon · ~67 km · Must-see
• The Big Hollow · viewpoint · Albany · ~67 km · Must-see
• Fossil Bone Cabin · attraction · Albany · ~69 km · Must-see
• Banner Lake · lake · Carbon · ~1 km
• Cascade Lake · waterfall · Carbon · ~2 km
• Corpening Dam · lake · Carbon · ~4 km
• Quealy Lake · lake · Carbon · ~4 km
• Golden Crown Mining Syndicate Mine · fort · Carbon · ~5 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pine Butte

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Pine Butte

• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~8 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~35 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~59 km · Must-see
• The Big Hollow · viewpoint · Albany · ~67 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~88 km · Must-see
• Dirty Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~98 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~100 km · Must-see
• South Bald Mountain · viewpoint · Larimer · ~115 km · Must-see
• Columbus Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~116 km · Must-see
• Clark Peak · viewpoint · Larimer · ~121 km · Must-see

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