Wagon Box Battle Monument
Wagon Box Battle Monument is a historic site in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,624 m. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Story Centennial Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Park in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49576115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,624 m
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 26.8 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Sullivant Hill: 1.5 mi
- Grandmas Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Massacre Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.5 mi
- Curlew Hill: 8.5 mi
- Story Centennial Park: 1.4 mi
- Penrose Park: 7.4 mi
- Father DeSmet Historical Monument: 8.4 mi
- Kinney Wood Park: 9.9 mi
- Bud Love Big Game Winter Range: 10.5 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 3.8 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 8.0 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 9.5 mi
- Trail End State Historic Site: 17.1 mi
- Sheridan County Museum: 17.2 mi
- Bard Spring: 5.0 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 10.3 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 15.4 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 16.1 mi
- Mosier Springs: 16.2 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 2.9 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 4.0 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Weston Point: 18.7 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 17.0 mi
- Wyoming information Rest Area: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Wagon Box Battle Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | SW 228° | 4,017 m | 18.3 mi |
| Merlon | SW 228° | 3,975 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | SW 232° | 3,942 m | 17.5 mi |
| Kramer Peak | SW 229° | 3,918 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | SW 223° | 3,901 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | SW 230° | 3,854 m | 16.4 mi |
| Innominate | SW 231° | 3,853 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hallelujah | SW 232° | 3,837 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:12 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:43 | 16:31 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 33 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Story, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356507153
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