Dry Creek Rim
Dry Creek Rim is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,265 m. Shirley Benchmark stands 2,792 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fourmile Point, a cliff 5.1 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 7.4 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2265 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
40 named places within 25 miles
- Bear Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Horse Peak: 5.7 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Mine Hill: 9.6 mi
- Dome Rock: 10.4 mi
- Bear Park: 13.6 mi
- Headquarters Park: 15.6 mi
- Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge: 16.9 mi
- Fourmile Point: 5.1 mi
- Smith Creek Rim: 21.1 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Greasewood " Rescue Site Martin Handcart Company.: 16.7 mi
- Little Rock Spring: 18.3 mi
- Shirley Basin: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dry Creek Rim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Benchmark | S 173° | 2,792 m | 13.6 mi |
| Quealy Benchmark | S 171° | 2,791 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 169° | 2,700 m | 16.9 mi |
| High Benchmark | SSE 166° | 2,698 m | 16.4 mi |
| Windy Hill | SE 141° | 2,533 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sullivan Benchmark | SE 145° | 2,526 m | 18.0 mi |
| Sailor Benchmark | SSW 211° | 2,525 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | W 265° | 2,488 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 25 | 26 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pathfinder DAM, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356500735
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