Parting Of The Ways
Parting Of The Ways is a historic site in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,098 m. Sweetwater Needles stands 3,138 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sandy Peak, a peak 7.2 miles away. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
How to reach it
34 named places within 25 miles
- Little Sandy Peak: 7.2 mi
- Round Top: 8.7 mi
- Tule Butte: 8.8 mi
- Haystack Butte: 11.2 mi
- Elk Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Ox Yoke Springs: 11.3 mi
- Fifteenmile Spring: 12.6 mi
- Chicken Springs: 19.0 mi
- Steamboat Rim: 18.8 mi
- Joe Hay Rim: 19.2 mi
- Bush Rim: 22.8 mi
- Big Sandy Park: 14.9 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 17.7 mi
- Crookston Ranch Cultural Site: 22.0 mi
- Tri Territory Monument: 23.9 mi
- Pacific Springs: 12.4 mi
- South Pass Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parting Of The Ways. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Needles | NNE 23° | 3,138 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wildcat Butte | NNE 28° | 2,927 m | 23.3 mi |
| Block and Tackle Hill | N 10° | 2,746 m | 22.1 mi |
| Little Prospect Mountain | N 355° | 2,697 m | 20.1 mi |
| Steamboat Mountain | SE 146° | 2,650 m | 24.1 mi |
| Essex Mountain | SSE 158° | 2,441 m | 15.1 mi |
| Pacific Butte | ENE 73° | 2,403 m | 16.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NNW 338° | 2,380 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
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 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 38 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 62 | 52 | 40 | 26 | 14 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farson 2nne, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 91000435OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Wyoming Mercantile, reference 91000435, listed 04/16/91.
OpenStreetMap element node/7340625861
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