Storm Point
Storm Point is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,364 m. Mount Humphreys stands 3,359 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Holmes Point, a cliff 2.1 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2364 m
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Steamboat Springs: 2.2 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 7.1 mi
- Mud Caldron: 7.2 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 7.3 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 7.4 mi
- Sulphur Hills: 3.5 mi
- Lake Butte: 4.3 mi
- Stonetop Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Elephant Back Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Mount Chittenden: 8.0 mi
- Churning Caldron: 7.1 mi
- Sour Lake: 7.1 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 7.2 mi
- King Geyser: 14.8 mi
- Black Pool: 14.8 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Fishing Bridge Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Lake Village Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Gull Point Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 4.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 6.2 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 7.1 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 14.5 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 14.8 mi
- Holmes Point: 2.1 mi
- Steamboat Point: 2.2 mi
- Gull Point: 4.3 mi
- Sand Point: 5.5 mi
- Elk Point: 5.7 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 13.6 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 14.0 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 14.2 mi
- Crystal Falls: 14.3 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 19.2 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 8.7 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 9.1 mi
- De Lacy Park: 19.9 mi
- Basin Creek: 24.5 mi
- Basin Creek: 24.8 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 22.0 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 22.1 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Storm Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Humphreys | SE 138° | 3,358.5 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Schurz | SE 138° | 3,356 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pollux Peak | ENE 68° | 3,348 m | 21.5 mi |
| Notch Mountain | ENE 74° | 3,332 m | 20.4 mi |
| Atkins Peak | SE 132° | 3,331 m | 17.7 mi |
| Plenty Coups Peak | SE 130° | 3,330 m | 17.0 mi |
| Grant Peak | ENE 73° | 3,307 m | 19.9 mi |
| Castor Peak | ENE 68° | 3,293 m | 20.1 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 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 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 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Yellowstone, 3 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 way/442873777
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- Yellowstone National Park · 12 mi
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