Beartooth Butte

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[2]
Geography
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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

1. "Beartooth Butte, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
2. "Beartooth Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
3. Beartooth Butte, WY (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved August 10, 2021.
4. Beartooth Butte Formation at Fossilworks.org