Bill Hooker Monument
Bill Hooker Monument is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,541 m. Peterson Mountain stands 2,505 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Oregon Trail Monument, a park 3.1 miles away. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1541 m
How to reach it
57 named places within 25 miles
- Nine Mile Hill: 3.4 mi
- Chalk Buttes: 3.6 mi
- Table Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Johnson Mailbox Hill: 6.2 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 3.1 mi
- Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center: 4.7 mi
- Bozeman Trail Marker: 4.8 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 5.8 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge State Park: 7.1 mi
- Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 4.5 mi
- Glenrock Deer Creek Museum: 21.4 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bill Hooker Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson Mountain | SW 234° | 2,505 m | 23.6 mi |
| School Section Mountain | SSW 211° | 2,478 m | 24.0 mi |
| Wagonhound Benchmark | SSW 210° | 2,440 m | 18.0 mi |
| Sullivan Mountain | WSW 237° | 2,357 m | 21.2 mi |
| Pole Mountain | WSW 238° | 2,352 m | 24.9 mi |
| Point of Rocks | SW 216° | 2,321 m | 20.9 mi |
| Lacy Mountain | WSW 244° | 2,300 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bear Rock | SW 221° | 2,289 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 26 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Converse CO AP Asos, 5 mi away.
- Red-winged Blackbird1 obs
- Gopher Snake1 obs
- Painted Turtle1 obs
- Pronghorn1 obs
- chicory1 obs
- Glover's Silkmoth1 obs
- Crested-tongue Beardtongue1 obs
- Sawsepal Beardtongue1 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/356499391
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