Skip to content

Parting Of The Ways

Parting Of The Ways from directly overhead

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

Coordinates42.25758, -109.22804

34 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 22
Springs: 3
  • Ox Yoke Springs: 11.3 mi
  • Fifteenmile Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Chicken Springs: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Parks: 2
  • Big Sandy Park: 14.9 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetwater NeedlesNNE 23°3,138 m24.8 mi
Wildcat ButteNNE 28°2,927 m23.3 mi
Block and Tackle HillN 10°2,746 m22.1 mi
Little Prospect MountainN 355°2,697 m20.1 mi
Steamboat MountainSE 146°2,650 m24.1 mi
Essex MountainSSE 158°2,441 m15.1 mi
Pacific ButteENE 73°2,403 m16.6 mi
Elk MountainNNW 338°2,380 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5219:29
June solstice05:4120:1520:58
September equinox07:0518:3919:16
December solstice07:4316:0316:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121428384857646252402614
Precip in0.30.30.50.81.51.10.50.70.80.60.30.4

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

More historic sites in Wyoming

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Parting Of The Ways.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens