Wardwell Field
Wardwell Field is a historic site in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,605 m. Muddy Mountain stands 2,521 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Romie Nunn Park, a park 0.4 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 13 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Former Natrona County airport (1927-1952). Sunset Boulevard, Trail End, & Palomino Avenue are the former runways.
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
68 named places within 25 miles
- Romie Nunn Park: 0.4 mi
- Antelope Park: 0.5 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
- Mathew Campfield Park: 3.7 mi
- Marion Kreiner Pool: 3.8 mi
- Casper Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Johnson Hill: 12.1 mi
- Limestone Hill: 13.3 mi
- Campbell Hill: 13.7 mi
- Coal Mountain: 13.8 mi
- National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: 3.1 mi
- Nicolaysen Art Museum: 4.6 mi
- The Science Zone: 4.6 mi
- Fort Caspar Museum: 5.2 mi
- Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum: 5.3 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 9.0 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 10.5 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 13.3 mi
- Statzer Point: 18.8 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 21.7 mi
- Prometheus: 4.5 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wardwell Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Mountain | SSE 162° | 2,521 m | 16.7 mi |
| Casper Mountain | S 170° | 2,390 m | 11.1 mi |
| Negro Hill | SE 144° | 2,330 m | 20.9 mi |
| Thirty-One Benchmark | SE 132° | 2,273 m | 24.3 mi |
| Banner Mountain | SE 135° | 2,220 m | 21.3 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 149° | 2,200 m | 23.7 mi |
| Coal Mountain | SSW 209° | 2,058 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bessemer Mountain | SW 221° | 1,905 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:48 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 71 | 60 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casper Wwtp, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8439790620
Day trips start here
- Casper · 5 mi
- Central Wyoming · 10 mi
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