Wolf Point
Wolf Point is a cliff in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,358 m. Pinnacle Mountain stands 3,469 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Snipe Point, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2358 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Flat Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Channel Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Lake Butte: 10.1 mi
- Factory Hill: 10.2 mi
- Elephant Back Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 7.6 mi
- Bluebell Spring: 7.7 mi
- Seismograph Pool: 7.7 mi
- Bluebell Spring: 7.7 mi
- Seismograph Pool: 7.7 mi
- Spruce-Fir Exhibit Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Fisherman's Access Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Sand Point Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Pumice Point Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Hard Road to Travel Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Venting Pool: 7.6 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 7.6 mi
- Thumb Paint Pots: 7.7 mi
- Ledge Spring: 7.7 mi
- Percolating Spring: 7.7 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 7.8 mi
- West Thumb Geyser Basin: 7.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 7.9 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 13.4 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 14.4 mi
- Lewis Falls: 15.0 mi
- Kepler Cascades: 19.4 mi
- Plateau Falls: 19.8 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 21.0 mi
- Crystal Falls: 21.2 mi
- Snipe Point: 1.1 mi
- Plover Point: 3.8 mi
- Rock Point: 4.7 mi
- Sand Point: 5.2 mi
- Park Point: 6.0 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 2.9 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 3.0 mi
- Basin Creek: 14.5 mi
- De Lacy Park: 14.7 mi
- Basin Creek: 14.9 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 14.6 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 20.6 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Wolf Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | ESE 106° | 3,469 m | 23.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ESE 109° | 3,460 m | 20.3 mi |
| Table Mountain | ESE 115° | 3,365 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Humphreys | ESE 107° | 3,358.5 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Schurz | ESE 106° | 3,356 m | 17.7 mi |
| Atkins Peak | E 99° | 3,331 m | 17.4 mi |
| Plenty Coups Peak | E 96° | 3,330 m | 17.1 mi |
| Turret Mountain | ESE 119° | 3,304 m | 20.1 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 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:58 | 16:46 |
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, 9 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/356505609
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- Yellowstone National Park · 15 mi
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