Sweetwater County Historical Museum
Sweetwater County Historical Museum is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,866 m. Quaking Asp Mountain stands 2,594 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Powell Colorado River Expedition, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
The story
post office in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q7891139, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
71 named places within 25 miles
- Island Park: 0.5 mi
- Hoover Park: 0.8 mi
- Hutton Park: 0.9 mi
- Hutton Park: 0.9 mi
- Thomas Moran Park: 0.9 mi
- The Towers: 1.0 mi
- Whalen Butte: 4.0 mi
- Wilkins Peak: 6.6 mi
- White Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Pilot Butte: 9.9 mi
- Tollgate Rock: 1.3 mi
- The Palisades: 2.0 mi
- The Palisades: 2.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 11.2 mi
- Blue Rim: 18.5 mi
- US Army Tank: 14.3 mi
- US Air Force Jet: 14.4 mi
- Powell Colorado River Expedition: 0.5 mi
- M60: 1.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sweetwater County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quaking Asp Mountain | ESE 106° | 2,594 m | 20.0 mi |
| Hogback | SSE 159° | 2,450 m | 24.2 mi |
| Pilot Butte | NE 37° | 2,423 m | 9.9 mi |
| Antelope Butte | SE 126° | 2,347 m | 17.3 mi |
| Table | ESE 101° | 2,342 m | 21.3 mi |
| Chimney Rock | ESE 106° | 2,326 m | 22.8 mi |
| White Mountain | ENE 66° | 2,321 m | 8.3 mi |
| Parea Butte | SSE 153° | 2,314 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:14 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:07 | 16:52 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Green RVR, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97001535OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — US Post Office--Green River, reference 97001535, listed 12/11/97.
OpenStreetMap element way/156580723
Day trips start here
- Green River · 1 mi
- Rock Springs · 14 mi
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