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Diversion Dam Park

Diversion Dam Park from directly overhead

Diversion Dam Park is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,698 m. Mount Baldy stands 3,681 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Winchester Butte, a peak 1.8 miles away. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1698 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.22496, -108.95124

39 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
Rest areas: 1
  • Diversion Dam Rest Area: 2.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bull Lake Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
Parks: 1
  • Pow Wow: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Wind river Wild Horses Sancuary: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Raised Bed Garden: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BaldySW 215°3,681 m24.8 mi
Mount ShoshoneSW 215°3,526 m23.1 mi
Lookout MountainSW 233°3,515 m20.8 mi
Entigo PeakSW 229°3,447 m20.6 mi
Mount WindyWSW 237°3,427 m19.0 mi
Tybo PeakSW 236°3,378 m19.3 mi
Mount CrossSSW 198°3,289 m25.0 mi
Bold MountainW 268°3,249 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:28
June solstice05:3720:1721:00
September equinox07:0418:3719:15
December solstice07:4515:5716:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222535425160686657443121
Precip in0.20.30.61.22.31.30.70.71.00.90.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Diversion DAM, under a mile away.

  • Bald Eagle1 obs
  • White-tailed Prairie Dog1 obs
  • Common Sunflower1 obs
  • Wild Licorice1 obs
  • Transverse Lady Beetle1 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/356500620

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