Gull Point
Gull Point is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,360 m. Mount Humphreys stands 3,359 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Gull Point Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2360 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Elephant Back Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Sulphur Hills: 6.8 mi
- Lake Butte: 7.7 mi
- Stonetop Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 5.9 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 6.6 mi
- Mud Caldron: 6.7 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 6.8 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 7.0 mi
- Sour Lake: 6.5 mi
- Churning Caldron: 6.5 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 6.7 mi
- King Geyser: 10.7 mi
- Black Pool: 10.8 mi
- Gull Point Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Bridge Bay Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Lake Village Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Sand Point Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Fishing Bridge Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 1.9 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 5.8 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 6.7 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 10.7 mi
- West Thumb Geyser Basin: 10.8 mi
- Sand Point: 2.5 mi
- Rock Point: 3.0 mi
- Storm Point: 4.3 mi
- Steamboat Point: 5.8 mi
- Holmes Point: 6.0 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 13.5 mi
- Crystal Falls: 13.7 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 13.7 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 13.9 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 17.1 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 7.8 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 8.2 mi
- De Lacy Park: 15.6 mi
- Basin Creek: 21.9 mi
- Basin Creek: 22.4 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 19.7 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 20.0 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 20.8 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 7.4 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Gull Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Humphreys | SE 127° | 3,358.5 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Schurz | SE 127° | 3,356 m | 21.3 mi |
| Atkins Peak | ESE 121° | 3,331 m | 20.1 mi |
| Plenty Coups Peak | ESE 119° | 3,330 m | 19.6 mi |
| Colter Peak | SE 136° | 3,243 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Langford | ESE 119° | 3,238 m | 17.3 mi |
| Reservation Peak | ESE 109° | 3,236 m | 20.3 mi |
| Silvertip Peak | E 91° | 3,235 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:57 | 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 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 54 | 45 | 34 | 22 | 13 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone Lake, 1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356501577
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 9 mi
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