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Converse County Park

Converse County Park from directly overhead

Converse County Park is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,937 m. Warbonnet Peak stands 2,861 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dewey Benchmark, a peak 1.4 miles away. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1937 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.74330, -105.78444

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
Museums: 2
  • Glenrock Deer Creek Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 20.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Ayres Natural Bridge: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Converse County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Warbonnet PeakS 181°2,861 m21.3 mi
Buffalo PeakSSW 192°2,844 m16.5 mi
Roaring MountainS 190°2,833 m17.5 mi
Twin PeaksSSW 193°2,814 m18.9 mi
Cherry MountainSSW 201°2,786 m17.2 mi
Gunnysack BenchmarkSW 217°2,761 m16.2 mi
Buck PeakSSW 203°2,743 m15.1 mi
Reno HillSW 231°2,642 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:16
June solstice05:2620:0320:46
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:3115:4716:33

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262737445364727060463425
Precip in0.30.30.71.62.31.60.91.01.00.90.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Converse CO AP Asos, 21 mi away.

  • Bitterroot6 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot4 obs
  • creeping mahonia3 obs
  • Lambert's Locoweed3 obs
  • field horsetail2 obs
  • monument plant2 obs
  • Canada Violet2 obs
  • field milkvetch2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356500346

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