Coal Creek Rim
Coal Creek Rim is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,109 m. Ferris Mountain East stands 3,059 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Horse Mountain, a peak 3.2 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 4.5 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2109 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
56 named places within 25 miles
- Wild Horse Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Pool Table: 4.2 mi
- Windy Ridge: 5.4 mi
- Bradley Peak: 7.5 mi
- Table Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Sinclair Recreation Park: 16.9 mi
- Rob Roy Park: 19.4 mi
- Key Club Park: 20.5 mi
- Island Park: 21.0 mi
- Soroptimist Park: 21.1 mi
- Brown Canyon Rim: 14.5 mi
- Boggy Meadows Rim: 15.8 mi
- Coyote Springs Rim: 22.6 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 21.1 mi
- Fort Steele Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coal Creek Rim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris Mountain East | NW 325° | 3,059 m | 16.7 mi |
| Ferris Mountain West | NW 316° | 2,947 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bradley Peak | N 358° | 2,725 m | 7.5 mi |
| Sailor Benchmark | ENE 69° | 2,525 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NNE 25° | 2,488 m | 21.6 mi |
| The Chimneys | NNE 32° | 2,475 m | 20.5 mi |
| Heaths Peak | NNE 30° | 2,447 m | 20.2 mi |
| Windy Ridge | NW 321° | 2,415 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:06 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 33 | 41 | 50 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seminoe Rsvr Usbr, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356500292
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