Trilobite Point
Trilobite Point is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 3,051 m. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Holmes, a peak 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3051 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Holmes: 0.6 mi
- White Peaks: 1.5 mi
- Dome Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Echo Peak: 2.5 mi
- Three Rivers Peak: 3.0 mi
- Apollinaris Spring: 5.7 mi
- Ampitheater Springs: 6.0 mi
- Whiterock Springs: 7.6 mi
- Chocolate Pot 19: 8.9 mi
- Chocolate Pot 2: 8.9 mi
- Bijah Springs: 6.7 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 7.3 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 7.3 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 7.4 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 7.4 mi
- Clearwater Springs: 5.5 mi
- Porcelain Basin: 9.2 mi
- Back Basin: 9.2 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin: 9.3 mi
- Steamboat Geyser: 9.5 mi
- Beaver Lake Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Apollinaris Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Gibbon Meadows Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Norris Meadows Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Willow Park: 6.1 mi
- Arch Park: 16.1 mi
- Linear Park: 16.4 mi
- West Yellowstone Town Park: 16.5 mi
- Pie Park: 16.6 mi
- Rustic Falls: 10.0 mi
- Gibbon Falls: 11.8 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 12.0 mi
- Firehole Falls: 13.0 mi
- Undine Falls: 13.3 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 19.1 mi
- Midway Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 21.5 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 9.0 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 9.3 mi
- Museum of the Yellowstone: 16.7 mi
- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center: 16.7 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 24.8 mi
- Honoring Veterans: 16.6 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 17.5 mi
- Aldridge: 19.2 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Trilobite Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | N 1° | 3,341 m | 13.0 mi |
| Joseph Peak | NNW 348° | 3,176 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Holmes | WNW 283° | 3,149 m | 0.6 mi |
| Gray Peak | NNW 348° | 3,139 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bannock Peak | NNW 345° | 3,137 m | 5.3 mi |
| White Peak | WNW 291° | 3,121 m | 18.7 mi |
| Antler Peak | N 6° | 3,048 m | 3.6 mi |
| Red Mountain | WNW 300° | 3,041 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:57 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 41 | 29 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone Park Mammoth, 13 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356504973
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 16 mi
- West Yellowstone · 17 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 20 mi
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