LeHardys Rapids
LeHardys Rapids is an attraction in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,366 m. Plenty Coups Peak stands 3,330 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is LeHardy Rapids Picnic Site, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2366 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sizzling Basin: 2.7 mi
- Mud Caldron: 2.7 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 2.8 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 2.8 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 6.8 mi
- Churning Caldron: 2.7 mi
- Sour Lake: 2.7 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 2.8 mi
- King Geyser: 16.0 mi
- Black Pool: 16.0 mi
- Sulphur Hills: 3.3 mi
- Stonetop Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Elephant Back Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Crater Hills: 5.6 mi
- LeHardy Rapids Picnic Site: 1.2 mi
- Cascade Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Nez Perce Ford Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Fishing Bridge Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Lake Village Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 2.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 6.6 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 9.8 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 16.0 mi
- West Thumb Geyser Basin: 16.1 mi
- Storm Point: 4.8 mi
- Gull Point: 5.8 mi
- Holmes Point: 6.5 mi
- Steamboat Point: 6.8 mi
- Sand Point: 8.2 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 8.9 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 9.3 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 9.4 mi
- Crystal Falls: 9.5 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 14.9 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 12.8 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 13.2 mi
- De Lacy Park: 19.6 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 17.7 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 17.8 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 24.1 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 5.3 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of LeHardys Rapids. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plenty Coups Peak | SE 134° | 3,330 m | 21.6 mi |
| Grant Peak | E 86° | 3,307 m | 21.5 mi |
| Castor Peak | E 81° | 3,293 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Langford | SE 135° | 3,238 m | 19.4 mi |
| Reservation Peak | SE 125° | 3,236 m | 21.4 mi |
| Silvertip Peak | ESE 113° | 3,235 m | 15.0 mi |
| First Peoples Mountain | SE 139° | 3,217 m | 17.8 mi |
| Cathedral Peak | E 101° | 3,215 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Yellowstone, 3 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1590604 — LeHardys Rapids, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356502271
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 8 mi
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