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Lander Trail Center

Lander Trail Center from directly overhead

Lander Trail Center is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,896 m. Wyoming Peak stands 3,468 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Star Valley Historical Society, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Pioneer Historic Byway passes 19 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Lander Trail Foundation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.73147, -110.93446

92 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 56
Parks: 11
  • Afton City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Canyon View Park: 0.7 mi
  • Box H Park: 3.8 mi
  • Grover Community Park: 4.2 mi
  • Grover Park: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Periodic Spring Picnic Site: 4.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Lake Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Lake Group Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
  • Crystal Lake Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Allred Flat Group Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
Museums: 7
  • Star Valley Historical Society: 0.0 mi
  • Callair Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Afton Wyoming Family History Center: 0.5 mi
  • Old Rock Church Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Mower Family History Association: 10.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Periodic Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Springs Hot Sulphur: 7.6 mi
  • Shot Hole Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Spring Salt: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Fairview Landmark: 3.6 mi
  • Wyoming Peak Lookout: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Menace Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Woheto Falls: 19.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • World's Largest Elkhorn Arch: 0.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lander Trail Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wyoming PeakESE 119°3,468 m18.1 mi
Mount CoffinESE 117°3,426.6 m17.6 mi
Mount March MadnessESE 121°3,420 m18.2 mi
Triple PeakENE 77°3,391.5 m18.5 mi
Triple Peak, SouthENE 79°3,380.2 m18.8 mi
Triple Peak, NorthENE 76°3,349.8 m18.4 mi
Roaring Fork PeakE 96°3,347.3 m14.8 mi
Mount FitzpatrickE 94°3,324.5 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5919:36
June solstice05:4620:2321:06
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:5216:0816:54

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151928384755626152412817
Precip in1.31.31.51.52.41.81.01.11.51.61.31.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8299561130

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