Fontenelle Recreation Area
Fontenelle Recreation Area is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,988 m. Lake Mountain stands 2,871 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Holden Hill, a peak 3.1 miles away. Big Spring Scenic Backway passes 25 miles off. 29 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1988 m
How to reach it
- 25.5 mi off the Big Spring Scenic Backway
29 named places within 25 miles
- Holden Hill: 3.1 mi
- Slate Creek Butte: 7.8 mi
- Five Slash Fifty-Three Knoll: 12.0 mi
- The Spur: 12.4 mi
- Eighteenmile Knoll: 14.2 mi
- Names Hill: 7.2 mi
- Dodge Rim: 11.5 mi
- McCullen Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Alkal Spring: 19.6 mi
- Jenkins Springs: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fontenelle Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Mountain | NW 321° | 2,871 m | 24.3 mi |
| South Fork Mountain | W 270° | 2,829 m | 21.4 mi |
| Miller Mountain | NW 310° | 2,784 m | 20.8 mi |
| Miller Mountain | NW 304° | 2,748 m | 19.2 mi |
| Fort Hill | WNW 293° | 2,681 m | 16.5 mi |
| Granny Peak | W 269° | 2,633 m | 23.5 mi |
| Quealy Peak | SW 228° | 2,442 m | 24.4 mi |
| Big Mesa | NNW 342° | 2,439 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:18 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:07 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 17 | 29 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 62 | 53 | 40 | 26 | 14 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fontenelle DAM, 8 mi away.
- American White Pelican4 obs
- Greasewood4 obs
- Pronghorn2 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush2 obs
- Palmer's penstemon2 obs
- White-faced Ibis1 obs
- Stilt Sandpiper1 obs
- Eared Grebe1 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/356501237
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