Hamsfork Museum
Hamsfork Museum is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,120 m. South Fork Mountain stands 2,829 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Triangle Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Big Spring Scenic Backway passes 0.8 miles off. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Big Spring Scenic Backway
30 named places within 25 miles
- Quealy Peak: 3.4 mi
- Cavanaugh Peak: 6.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Little Round Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Fossil Butte: 11.0 mi
- Jenkins Springs: 6.5 mi
- Ollie Spring: 13.2 mi
- Alkal Spring: 13.7 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 19.2 mi
- Sucker Spring: 24.7 mi
- Skull Point: 8.5 mi
- Crockers Point: 12.6 mi
- Windy Point: 22.0 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
- Miner's Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Sage: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hamsfork Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork Mountain | N 356° | 2,829 m | 19.3 mi |
| Coke Mountain | NW 324° | 2,712 m | 22.6 mi |
| Granny Peak | N 349° | 2,633 m | 19.0 mi |
| Elk Mountain | WSW 250° | 2,510 m | 15.5 mi |
| Bridger Hill | WSW 244° | 2,501 m | 23.1 mi |
| North Sheep Mountain | SW 225° | 2,457 m | 25.0 mi |
| Rubey Point | WNW 293° | 2,446 m | 15.1 mi |
| Quealy Peak | NNE 33° | 2,442 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:10 | 16:55 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 40 | 27 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kemmerer 2N, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1390243384
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- Fossil Butte National Monument · 13 mi
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