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Fetterman Monument

Fetterman Monument from directly overhead

Fetterman Monument is a historic site in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,478 m. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Massacre Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 17 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.

The story

monument in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States

Wikidata Q49488939, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
1478 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.57133, -106.84120

119 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 52
Parks: 44
Springs: 8
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Wyoming information Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 17.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fetterman Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cloud PeakSW 232°4,017 m21.0 mi
MerlonSW 231°3,975 m20.9 mi
Mount WoolseySW 235°3,942 m20.3 mi
Kramer PeakSW 232°3,918 m20.5 mi
Bomber South PeakSW 227°3,901 m20.9 mi
Sawtooth MountainSW 233°3,854 m19.1 mi
InnominateSW 234°3,853 m20.3 mi
HallelujahSW 235°3,837 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:20
June solstice05:2320:1220:57
September equinox06:5518:2819:07
December solstice07:4215:4216:31

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272633414958676556443426
Precip in1.31.42.33.74.72.81.61.32.33.31.51.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Story, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356501065

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