Father DeSmet Historical Monument
Father DeSmet Historical Monument is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,445 m. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Knob, a peak 4.0 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 11 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1445 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
Overlooks nearby
110 named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Knob: 4.0 mi
- Snake Hill: 6.5 mi
- Sullivant Hill: 7.0 mi
- Massacre Hill: 7.5 mi
- Stone Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Bud Love Big Game Winter Range: 7.1 mi
- Story Centennial Park: 9.7 mi
- Prosinski Park: 9.8 mi
- Crazy Woman Square: 9.8 mi
- Buffalo City Park: 9.8 mi
- Mosier Springs: 12.0 mi
- Mosier Springs: 12.0 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 12.2 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 12.2 mi
- Bard Spring: 12.2 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 9.6 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 16.3 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 16.4 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 17.6 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 4.6 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 7.3 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 8.4 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Wyoming information Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Father DeSmet Historical Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | WSW 252° | 4,017 m | 20.9 mi |
| Merlon | WSW 251° | 3,975 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | WSW 255° | 3,942 m | 20.7 mi |
| Kramer Peak | WSW 253° | 3,918 m | 20.6 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | WSW 247° | 3,901 m | 20.2 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | WSW 255° | 3,854 m | 19.4 mi |
| Innominate | WSW 255° | 3,853 m | 20.6 mi |
| Hallelujah | WSW 257° | 3,837 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:11 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:43 | 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 | 28 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo Johnson CO AP, 7 mi away.
- Mule Deer5 obs
- Pronghorn3 obs
- Yellow-bellied Marmot2 obs
- Marbled Godwit1 obs
- Western Grebe1 obs
- Ring-billed Gull1 obs
- Yellow-billed Loon1 obs
- Rock Wren1 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/356501055
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