Sand Point
Sand Point is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,363 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,460 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Point, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2363 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Elephant Back Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Lake Butte: 7.5 mi
- Sulphur Hills: 8.7 mi
- Flat Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Stonetop Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 6.2 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 9.1 mi
- Mud Caldron: 9.3 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 9.4 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 9.4 mi
- Sour Lake: 9.0 mi
- Churning Caldron: 9.1 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 9.2 mi
- King Geyser: 9.4 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 9.4 mi
- Sand Point Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Gull Point Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Bridge Bay Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Spruce-Fir Exhibit Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Lake Village Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 3.3 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 8.2 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 9.2 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 9.4 mi
- West Thumb Geyser Basin: 9.4 mi
- Rock Point: 0.5 mi
- Gull Point: 2.5 mi
- Wolf Point: 5.2 mi
- Storm Point: 5.5 mi
- Snipe Point: 5.7 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 16.0 mi
- Crystal Falls: 16.2 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 16.2 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 16.4 mi
- Lewis Falls: 19.0 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 5.4 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 5.8 mi
- De Lacy Park: 15.1 mi
- Basin Creek: 19.5 mi
- Basin Creek: 19.9 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 20.6 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 21.7 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 22.1 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 9.8 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Sand Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | ESE 122° | 3,460 m | 22.3 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 127° | 3,365 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Humphreys | ESE 122° | 3,358.5 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Schurz | ESE 121° | 3,356 m | 19.7 mi |
| Atkins Peak | ESE 115° | 3,331 m | 18.7 mi |
| Plenty Coups Peak | ESE 112° | 3,330 m | 18.2 mi |
| Turret Mountain | SE 131° | 3,304 m | 23.0 mi |
| Colter Peak | SE 131° | 3,243 m | 19.8 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, 4 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/356503877
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- Yellowstone National Park · 11 mi
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