Beartooth Butte

{{short description|Mountain in Wyoming, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Beartooth Butte

| photo =File:Beartooth Highway - Beartooth Butte Reflection - NARA - 7717238.jpg

| photo_caption = Beartooth Butte above Beartooth Lake

| elevation_ft = 10518

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=23431|name=Beartooth Butte, Wyoming|accessdate=August 10, 2021}}

| prominence_ft = 234

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| location = Park County, Wyoming, U.S.

| map = Wyoming#USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in Wyoming##Location in the United States

| range = Beartooth Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|44|57|19|N|109|036|35|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1598034|name=Beartooth Butte|accessdate=August 10, 2021}}

| topo = USGS Beartooth Butte

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| easiest_route = Hike

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Beartooth Butte ({{convert|10518|ft}}) 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.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Beartooth Butte, WY|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=44.95494&lon=-109.61100&datum=nad83&zoom=4&cross=on|accessdate=August 10, 2021}} Rising more than {{convert|1500|ft}} 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.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Beartooth%20Butte&group_formation_member=Beartooth%20Butte Beartooth Butte Formation] at Fossilworks.org