Edness K. Wilkins State Park
Edness K. Wilkins State Park is a park in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,545 m. Gunnysack Benchmark stands 2,761 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Park, a park 4.8 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 23 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
84 named places within 25 miles
- Long Park: 4.8 mi
- Joe Stoneking Park: 4.9 mi
- Reshaw Park: 5.0 mi
- Fun Valley Park: 5.5 mi
- Huber Park: 5.6 mi
- Johnson Hill: 8.0 mi
- Campbell Hill: 9.2 mi
- Casper Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Muddy Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Banner Mountain: 12.6 mi
- Nicolaysen Art Museum: 7.3 mi
- Werner Wildlife Museum: 7.5 mi
- The Science Zone: 7.5 mi
- Ida Goodstein Visual Arts Center: 7.6 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 7.7 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 14.9 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 18.4 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 19.0 mi
- Wardwell Field: 9.8 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 19.3 mi
- Prometheus: 7.4 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Edness K. Wilkins State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnysack Benchmark | SSE 154° | 2,761 m | 22.8 mi |
| Reno Hill | SSE 163° | 2,642 m | 19.8 mi |
| Davis Peak | SSE 146° | 2,557 m | 19.7 mi |
| Muddy Mountain | SSW 198° | 2,521 m | 12.5 mi |
| Six Horse Hill | SSE 169° | 2,448 m | 18.8 mi |
| Lookout Peak | SSE 148° | 2,429 m | 18.7 mi |
| Casper Mountain | SW 226° | 2,390 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sullivan Mountain | SE 135° | 2,357 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:04 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casper 1SW, 6 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer9 obs
- Plains Pricklypear9 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- showy milkweed8 obs
- Black-capped Chickadee7 obs
- Blue Jay6 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad6 obs
- silver buffaloberry6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/286528465
Day trips start here
- Casper · 8 mi
- Central Wyoming · 17 mi
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