Medicine Wheel
Medicine Wheel is a historic site in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,932 m. Hunt Mountain stands 3,098 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Medicine Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Medicine Wheel Passage passes 1.5 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
The story
place in Wyoming listed on National Register of Historic Places
Wikidata Q6806755, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2932 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 20.1 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Creek Overlook · 3 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Observation Point · 8 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 8 mi
77 named places within 25 miles
- Medicine Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cone Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Duncum Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Mexican Hill: 4.8 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Crater Spring: 11.0 mi
- Bear Spring: 11.0 mi
- Red Spring: 11.9 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 12.6 mi
- Hidden Spring: 12.7 mi
- Deer Park: 13.8 mi
- Bull Elk Park: 14.1 mi
- Schuler Park: 15.4 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 15.8 mi
- Bull Park: 17.4 mi
- Mason-Lovell Ranch: 11.7 mi
- Train Engine: 23.6 mi
- Caboose: 24.2 mi
- Hillsboro: 24.2 mi
- Ewing-Snell Ranch: 24.4 mi
- Porcupine Falls: 2.0 mi
- Bucking Mule Falls: 4.9 mi
- Shell Falls: 22.4 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 23.3 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 24.2 mi
- Kane: 13.8 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 14.2 mi
- Riley Point: 18.4 mi
- Two Eagles Interpretive Trail: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Medicine Wheel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Mountain | SE 130° | 3,098 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 120° | 3,062 m | 5.0 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | SE 125° | 3,038 m | 1.2 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | ESE 118° | 3,020 m | 7.9 mi |
| Duncum Mountain | NE 45° | 2,993 m | 4.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SE 128° | 2,991 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNE 14° | 2,981 m | 8.1 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | E 86° | 2,894 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:17 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:46 | 16:34 |
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 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 35 | 25 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burgess Junction, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 69000184OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/334610993
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