War Birds Museum
War Birds Museum is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,623 m. Muddy Mountain stands 2,521 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 8.2 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What to expect
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How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
- 27.2 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
67 named places within 25 miles
- Sunny Acres Park: 5.0 mi
- Romie Nunn Park: 5.5 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 5.9 mi
- Antelope Park: 6.1 mi
- Norene Kilmer Park: 6.2 mi
- Limestone Hill: 10.7 mi
- Red Buttes: 11.0 mi
- Coal Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Bessemer Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Oil Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum: 0.3 mi
- Fort Caspar Museum: 6.3 mi
- National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: 6.7 mi
- The Science Zone: 7.9 mi
- Nicolaysen Art Museum: 8.0 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 5.4 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 6.2 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 9.5 mi
- Wardwell Field: 5.6 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
- Prometheus: 7.9 mi
- Statzer Point: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of War Birds Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Mountain | SE 144° | 2,521 m | 18.5 mi |
| Casper Mountain | SE 144° | 2,390 m | 12.6 mi |
| Negro Hill | SE 132° | 2,330 m | 24.1 mi |
| Coal Mountain | S 186° | 2,058 m | 11.4 mi |
| Flat Top | SW 214° | 1,953 m | 23.6 mi |
| Bessemer Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,905 m | 12.1 mi |
| Clarkson Hill | SW 215° | 1,885 m | 19.8 mi |
| Haystack Buttes | S 182° | 1,860 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casper-natrona CO AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Central Wyoming · 5 mi
- Casper · 8 mi
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