Beartooth Butte
Beartooth Butte (10,518 feet (3,206 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is located in the Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest. Rising more than 1,500 feet (460 m) to the northwest above Beartooth Lake, the butte is easily seen from the Beartooth Highway. Unlike the granitic rocks that comprise the vast majority of rocks to be found in the Beartooth Mountains, Beartooth Butte consists mostly of sedimentary rocks. It has the most easily accessible rocks of the Beartooth Butte Formation a geologic formation that preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.
| Beartooth Butte | |
|---|---|
 Beartooth Butte above Beartooth Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,518 ft (3,206 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 234 ft (71 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°57′19″N 109°036′35″W / 44.95528°N 109.60972°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Beartooth Butte Location in Wyoming  Beartooth Butte Location in the United States | |
| Location | Park County, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Parent range | Beartooth Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Beartooth Butte |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Beartooth Butte (10,518 feet (3,206 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is located in the Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest.[1][3] Rising more than 1,500 feet (460 m) to the northwest above Beartooth Lake, the butte is easily seen from the Beartooth Highway. Unlike the granitic rocks that comprise the vast majority of rocks to be found in the Beartooth Mountains, Beartooth Butte consists mostly of sedimentary rocks. It has the most easily accessible rocks of the Beartooth Butte Formation a geologic formation that preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Beartooth Butte, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Beartooth Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ Beartooth Butte, WY (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ Beartooth Butte Formation at Fossilworks.org