Park Point
Park Point is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,358 m. Pinnacle Mountain stands 3,469 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Point, a cliff 1.2 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2358 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Butte: 5.6 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 6.4 mi
- Mount Stevenson: 7.2 mi
- First Peoples Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Top Notch Peak: 7.7 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Sand Point Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 13.6 mi
- Seismograph Pool: 13.6 mi
- Seismograph Pool: 13.6 mi
- Bluebell Spring: 13.6 mi
- Bluebell Spring: 13.6 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 6.5 mi
- Venting Pool: 13.6 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 13.6 mi
- Thumb Paint Pots: 13.6 mi
- Ledge Spring: 13.6 mi
- Signal Point: 1.2 mi
- Elk Point: 2.6 mi
- Plover Point: 4.5 mi
- Snipe Point: 5.2 mi
- Wolf Point: 6.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.1 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 12.6 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 13.6 mi
- West Thumb Geyser Basin: 13.7 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 14.6 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 3.1 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 3.3 mi
- Basin Creek: 18.4 mi
- Basin Creek: 18.7 mi
- Basin Creek: 18.8 mi
- Plateau Falls: 19.3 mi
- Lewis Falls: 20.4 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 21.5 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 21.6 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 21.9 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Park Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | ESE 115° | 3,469 m | 18.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ESE 121° | 3,460 m | 15.5 mi |
| Chaos Mountain | ESE 120° | 3,455 m | 21.6 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | ENE 75° | 3,408 m | 23.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 129° | 3,365 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Humphreys | ESE 121° | 3,358.5 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Schurz | ESE 120° | 3,356 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pollux Peak | NE 48° | 3,348 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 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, 10 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/356502935
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 18 mi
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