Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center
Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center is a park in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,467 m. Wagonhound Benchmark stands 2,440 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
How to reach it
53 named places within 25 miles
- Chalk Buttes: 2.2 mi
- Chalk Benchmark: 6.4 mi
- Warm Springs Hill: 6.7 mi
- Nine Mile Hill: 6.8 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Bill Hooker Monument: 4.7 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 5.6 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 7.0 mi
- Bozeman Trail Marker: 7.5 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 9.1 mi
- Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 0.2 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagonhound Benchmark | SW 223° | 2,440 m | 20.4 mi |
| Point of Rocks | SW 226° | 2,321 m | 23.5 mi |
| Lacy Mountain | WSW 250° | 2,300 m | 24.5 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SSW 207° | 2,271 m | 22.6 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SSW 198° | 2,257 m | 23.0 mi |
| Caffee Point | SW 230° | 2,218 m | 23.1 mi |
| Baldy Point | SW 218° | 2,153 m | 20.1 mi |
| Hatterman Hill | WSW 243° | 2,099 m | 18.7 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 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:45 | 16:31 |
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 | 26 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 59 | 45 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Douglas 1 SE, 2 mi away.
- Pronghorn9 obs
- Mule Deer8 obs
- Canada Goose7 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel7 obs
- House Sparrow6 obs
- House Finch6 obs
- Wild Turkey4 obs
- American Robin4 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.
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