Encampment River Wildernes
Encampment River Wildernes is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,388 m. Mount Zirkel stands 3,713 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Wood Mountain, a peak 4.5 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2388 m
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Wood Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Green Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Blackhall Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Doane Peak: 9.9 mi
- Willow Park: 4.6 mi
- Commissary Park: 5.5 mi
- Dead Horse Park: 5.8 mi
- Hog Park: 5.8 mi
- Ryan Park: 5.9 mi
- Grand Encampment Museum;Grand Encampment Museum Doc Culleton Building: 8.0 mi
- Saratoga Museum: 24.7 mi
- fire lookout: 14.0 mi
- Wheeler Memorial: 21.4 mi
- Cottonwood Rim: 19.2 mi
- Stemp Spring: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Encampment River Wildernes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Zirkel | SSE 159° | 3,713 m | 19.0 mi |
| Peggy Peak | SSE 154° | 3,637 m | 19.5 mi |
| Goosenest | SSE 157° | 3,600 m | 17.2 mi |
| Red Elephant Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,521 m | 16.2 mi |
| Big Agnes Mountain | SSE 163° | 3,506 m | 18.6 mi |
| Little Agnes Mountain | SSE 167° | 3,505 m | 18.5 mi |
| Davis Peak | SSE 157° | 3,476 m | 12.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | S 169° | 3,468 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:58 | 16:42 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 23 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saratoga, 25 mi away.
- thimbleberry3 obs
- red baneberry2 obs
- woodland pinedrops2 obs
- pipsissewa2 obs
- one-sided wintergreen2 obs
- white twisted-stalk2 obs
- Engelmann's aster2 obs
- Dusky Grouse1 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/356507277
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