Cliff · Wyoming
Brown Cliffs
Brown Cliffs is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 3,911 m. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is The Fortress, a peak 1.1 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3911 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.09551, -109.54153
- 22.5 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- The Fortress: 1.1 mi
- Knife Point Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Douglas Peak: 2.3 mi
- Harrower Peak: 2.7 mi
- Mount Quintet: 3.5 mi
Parks: 7
- Burzlander Park: 22.3 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 22.3 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 22.5 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 22.7 mi
- Wrangler Park: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Water slide: 6.2 mi
- North Fork Falls: 15.4 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 18.0 mi
- Bomber Falls: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Little Brown Point: 12.4 mi
- Greeley Point: 13.8 mi
- Granite Peak: 14.6 mi
- White Rock: 17.8 mi
Museums: 1
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Brown Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | NW 317° | 4,206 m | 8.4 mi |
| Fremont Peak | WNW 298° | 4,177 m | 4.3 mi |
| Turret Peak | NW 321° | 4,147 m | 6.2 mi |
| Doublet Peak | NW 317° | 4,143 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Helen | NW 310° | 4,128 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | NW 304° | 4,119 m | 5.1 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | NW 316° | 4,115 m | 6.5 mi |
| Jackson Peak | WNW 298° | 4,114 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:00 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 26 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinedale, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505935
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