Plains Indian Museum
Plains Indian Museum is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,528 m. Trout Peak stands 3,724 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Bill Center of the West, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 16 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
Stories of Plains Indian cultures, traditions, trials, and triumphs — past and present. View timeless artifacts from the 1800s as well as modern works from today’s Native artists.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 22.7 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dead Indian Overlook · 21 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 24 mi
73 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Red Butte: 5.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Heart Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Monument Hill: 10.9 mi
- Paul Stock Park: 0.2 mi
- Don Little Park: 0.2 mi
- Cody City Park: 0.3 mi
- City Park: 0.3 mi
- River View Park: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo Bill Center of the West: 0.0 mi
- Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home: 0.0 mi
- Whitney Western Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Buffalo Bill Museum: 0.1 mi
- Draper Natural History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Wild Sheep Exhibit: 0.2 mi
- Dan Miller's Cowboy Music Review: 0.5 mi
- Cody Firearms Experience: 1.5 mi
- Old Trail Town: 1.6 mi
- Buffalo Bill – The Scout: 0.1 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Meeteetse Rim: 19.8 mi
- Red Point: 20.1 mi
- Bear: 1.1 mi
- Loch-Katrine Bird Reservation: 9.9 mi
- The English Gardens: 16.7 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plains Indian Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Peak | WNW 284° | 3,724 m | 22.8 mi |
| Elkhorn Peak | WNW 291° | 3,210 m | 24.8 mi |
| Jim Mountain | W 271° | 3,175 m | 19.7 mi |
| Pat O'Hara Peak | WNW 302° | 3,026 m | 17.5 mi |
| Pat O'Hara Mountain | NW 306° | 2,858 m | 15.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,779 m | 9.5 mi |
| Dead Indian Hill | NW 318° | 2,635 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 329° | 2,620 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:21 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:52 | 16:40 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cody, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/10914707560
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