Beartrap Meadow County Park
Beartrap Meadow County Park is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,400 m. Gunnysack Benchmark stands 2,761 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Casper Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 21 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2400 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
- 23.8 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
83 named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Park: 2.6 mi
- Goodstein Park: 4.7 mi
- Yesness Park: 5.4 mi
- Adams Park: 6.2 mi
- Mike Sedar Park: 6.4 mi
- Casper Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Muddy Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Coal Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Limestone Hill: 8.9 mi
- Red Buttes: 9.7 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 6.5 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 6.9 mi
- Ida Goodstein Visual Arts Center: 7.0 mi
- Werner Wildlife Museum: 7.1 mi
- Fort Caspar Museum: 7.7 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 9.3 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 11.4 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 13.8 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 10.7 mi
- Wardwell Field: 12.4 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 20.8 mi
- Dugway Rim: 23.7 mi
- Prometheus: 8.0 mi
- Deer Spring: 22.1 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beartrap Meadow County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnysack Benchmark | SE 125° | 2,761 m | 21.0 mi |
| Buck Peak | ESE 122° | 2,743 m | 24.9 mi |
| Reno Hill | SE 129° | 2,642 m | 16.7 mi |
| Davis Peak | ESE 114° | 2,557 m | 19.7 mi |
| Muddy Mountain | SE 137° | 2,521 m | 4.8 mi |
| Six Horse Hill | SE 133° | 2,448 m | 14.8 mi |
| Lookout Peak | ESE 114° | 2,429 m | 18.6 mi |
| Casper Mountain | N 359° | 2,390 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bates Creek #2, 8 mi away.
- woodland pinedrops25 obs
- Gunnison's Mariposa Lily14 obs
- creeping mahonia13 obs
- pipsissewa11 obs
- Wyoming Paintbrush8 obs
- Dusky Grouse7 obs
- Mule Deer7 obs
- American Red Squirrel7 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356499196
Day trips start here
- Casper · 7 mi
- Central Wyoming · 13 mi
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