Spanish Point
Spanish Point is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,818 m. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2818 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 22.8 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Black Butte: 3.3 mi
- Bear Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Crooked Creek Hill: 5.0 mi
- Dutch Oven Peak: 5.4 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 8.0 mi
- Long Park: 10.7 mi
- Battle Park: 10.8 mi
- Coffeen Park: 11.8 mi
- Heidley Park: 13.6 mi
- Ed Point: 12.8 mi
- Weston Point: 12.9 mi
- Devils Leap: 13.0 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Cobra: 22.3 mi
- Bull Springs: 12.9 mi
- Reserve Spring: 13.2 mi
- Three Springs: 17.3 mi
- Three Springs: 17.3 mi
- Three Springs: 17.4 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Shell Falls: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Spanish Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | ESE 105° | 4,017 m | 14.5 mi |
| Merlon | ESE 105° | 3,975 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | E 100° | 3,942 m | 14.1 mi |
| Kramer Peak | ESE 103° | 3,918 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | ESE 108° | 3,901 m | 16.0 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | E 98° | 3,854 m | 15.3 mi |
| Innominate | E 101° | 3,853 m | 14.2 mi |
| Hallelujah | E 98° | 3,837 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:14 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:46 | 16:34 |
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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506818
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