Bear River City
Bear River City is a ghost town in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,162 m. Humpy Peak stands 3,306 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Barrel Springs, a spring 3.7 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section passes 0.5 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
ghost town in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section
- 12.1 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - UT Section
- 12.1 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Muddy Creek Historic Backway
56 named places within 25 miles
- Aspen Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Burnt Hill: 8.1 mi
- The Needles: 8.6 mi
- Twenty Knoll: 8.9 mi
- Pine Knoll: 10.0 mi
- Barrel Springs: 3.7 mi
- Eight Spring: 7.4 mi
- Seventeen Spring: 7.8 mi
- Crompton Spring: 8.6 mi
- Foote Spring: 9.0 mi
- Ottley Park: 7.5 mi
- Hamblin Park: 8.1 mi
- Anderson Park: 8.5 mi
- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site: 13.4 mi
- Organization Camp Recreation Site: 21.0 mi
- Wahsatch: 12.8 mi
- Piedmont: 13.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 16.9 mi
- Blacks Fork: 20.3 mi
- Emory: 24.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 5.3 mi
- Evanston Information Center: 7.2 mi
- Uinta County Museum: 8.3 mi
- Evanston Flying Club Airfield: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear River City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humpy Peak | SSW 198° | 3,306 m | 22.0 mi |
| Deadman Mountain | SSE 164° | 3,275 m | 21.0 mi |
| Table Top | SSE 157° | 3,235 m | 21.8 mi |
| Elizabeth Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,150 m | 15.4 mi |
| Thunderbolt Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,905 m | 24.8 mi |
| Porcupine Mountain | SW 230° | 2,801 m | 16.5 mi |
| Medicine Butte | N 351° | 2,621 m | 12.5 mi |
| Pine Knoll | SSE 150° | 2,571 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:19 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
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 | 24 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evanston 1 E, 7 mi away.
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