Carbon County Museum
Carbon County Museum is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,076 m. Atlantic Rim West stands 2,593 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 7.0 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- donation
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
50 named places within 25 miles
- Rawlins Peak: 1.4 mi
- Cherokee Peak: 4.4 mi
- Chokecherry Knob: 7.7 mi
- Grenville Dome: 7.7 mi
- Big Rocks: 8.3 mi
- Island Park: 0.1 mi
- Soroptimist Park: 0.4 mi
- Depot Park: 0.5 mi
- Rawlins Springs: 0.6 mi
- Key Club Park: 0.7 mi
- Brown Canyon Rim: 10.3 mi
- Atlantic Rim: 13.1 mi
- Red Rim: 13.6 mi
- Windy Point: 17.7 mi
- Coal Creek Rim: 21.1 mi
- Rim Lakes Spring: 6.5 mi
- Fort Steele Rest Area: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carbon County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Rim West | SSW 212° | 2,593 m | 13.9 mi |
| Miller Hill | SSW 198° | 2,580 m | 18.0 mi |
| Separation Peak | SW 216° | 2,567 m | 13.1 mi |
| Chokecherry Knob | S 176° | 2,474 m | 7.7 mi |
| Middlewood Hill | S 176° | 2,447 m | 24.9 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | S 181° | 2,424 m | 10.7 mi |
| Windy Ridge | NNE 16° | 2,415 m | 23.7 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NE 34° | 2,397 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:06 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rawlins 1N, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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