Piedmont
Piedmont is a ghost town in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,162 m. Deadman Mountain stands 3,275 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site, a park 0.5 miles away. Muddy Creek Historic Backway runs past it. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
ghost town in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States
How to reach it
- On the Muddy Creek Historic Backway
- 12.2 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section
- 13.0 mi off the Bridger Valley Historic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
60 named places within 25 miles
- Chapman Butte: 5.3 mi
- Bald Knoll: 6.3 mi
- Haystack Butte: 6.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Butte: 7.0 mi
- Aspen Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Jacks Park: 15.5 mi
- Mountain View Park: 15.7 mi
- Cowboy Cabin Park: 16.7 mi
- Hamblin Park: 17.3 mi
- Eight Spring: 8.8 mi
- Barrel Springs: 9.6 mi
- Seventeen Spring: 9.7 mi
- Crompton Spring: 13.6 mi
- Foote Spring: 14.8 mi
- Bear River City: 12.3 mi
- Jim Bridger's Fort: 14.0 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 14.2 mi
- Evanston Flying Club Airfield: 21.1 mi
- Bear River City: 13.0 mi
- Blacks Fork: 17.2 mi
- Fort Bridger Museum: 14.0 mi
- Uinta County Museum: 17.9 mi
- Evanston Information Center: 16.2 mi
- Lyman Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Rocky Point: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Piedmont. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadman Mountain | SSW 196° | 3,275 m | 24.3 mi |
| Table Top | S 190° | 3,235 m | 23.6 mi |
| Elizabeth Mountain | SSW 198° | 3,150 m | 17.5 mi |
| Thunderbolt Mountain | SSE 148° | 2,905 m | 17.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | SE 138° | 2,900 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cottonwood Mountain | SE 132° | 2,843 m | 19.7 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 127° | 2,807 m | 21.6 mi |
| Hickey Mountain | ESE 114° | 2,686 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:18 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
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 | 22 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 29 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN View, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Lyman · 19 mi
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