Ghost town · Wyoming
New Fork
New Fork is a ghost town in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,114 m. Mount Lander stands 3,846 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chalk Butte, a peak 4.2 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
human settlement in Wyoming, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates42.70360, -109.71500
- 13.5 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Chalk Butte: 4.2 mi
- Two Buttes: 5.4 mi
- Fremont Butte: 5.6 mi
- Lovatt Butte: 7.9 mi
- Ruby Hill: 9.0 mi
Parks: 8
- Burzlander Park: 13.3 mi
- Boyd Skinner Park: 13.4 mi
- Wrangler Park: 13.4 mi
- American Legion Park: 13.8 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Blue Rim: 9.7 mi
- Stewart Point: 12.8 mi
- Little Brown Point: 16.7 mi
- Sharks Nose: 24.8 mi
Museums: 3
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 13.4 mi
- Sommers Homestead Living History Museum: 13.6 mi
- Green River Valley Museum: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- North Fork Falls: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of New Fork. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lander | ENE 58° | 3,846 m | 23.5 mi |
| Washakie Peak | ENE 72° | 3,811 m | 24.5 mi |
| Halls Mountain | NE 41° | 3,798 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Hooker | ENE 64° | 3,796 m | 23.2 mi |
| Dike Mountain | ENE 68° | 3,795 m | 24.1 mi |
| Nylon Peak | NE 56° | 3,776 m | 23.0 mi |
| Raid Peak | ENE 60° | 3,768 m | 21.8 mi |
| Angel Peak | NNE 20° | 3,767 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:18 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:03 | 16:49 |
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 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 39 | 25 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder Rearing STN, 2 mi away.
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