Devils Leap
Devils Leap is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,585 m. Spear Peak stands 3,517 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 3.1 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1585 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 5.5 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 19 mi
- Observation Point · 20 mi
72 named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Bush Butte: 5.3 mi
- Horse Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 7.5 mi
- Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: 4.9 mi
- Long Park: 12.0 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 21.0 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 21.9 mi
- Battle Park: 22.0 mi
- Reserve Spring: 8.0 mi
- Bull Springs: 9.9 mi
- Deer Spring: 11.6 mi
- Wolf Springs: 12.4 mi
- Wolf Springs: 12.4 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Spanish Point: 13.0 mi
- Weston Point: 22.8 mi
- Ed Point: 23.7 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 16.7 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 18.4 mi
- Shell Falls: 9.5 mi
- Caboose: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Devils Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spear Peak | E 93° | 3,517 m | 21.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | ESE 112° | 3,437 m | 24.4 mi |
| Elk Peak | ENE 75° | 3,352 m | 19.7 mi |
| Dutch Oven Peak | E 93° | 3,321 m | 18.2 mi |
| Dome Peak | ENE 62° | 3,294 m | 18.6 mi |
| Nunatak Point | ESE 105° | 3,221 m | 22.0 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | ENE 73° | 3,217 m | 19.9 mi |
| Black Rib | E 79° | 3,187 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:15 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356500574
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