Fort McGraw
Fort McGraw is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,597 m. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a park 1.9 miles away. 105 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1597 m
How to reach it
105 named places within 25 miles
- Lander Hill: 4.1 mi
- Table Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Table Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Mexican Joe Hill: 8.2 mi
- Red Butte: 8.2 mi
- The School: 10.0 mi
- Heavy Metal Rock Band: 10.4 mi
- Main Wall: 10.4 mi
- Aspen Grade: 10.7 mi
- Fair Field: 11.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Centennial Park: 2.2 mi
- Popo Agie Park: 2.7 mi
- Lander Bike Park: 2.8 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 6.5 mi
- The Lander Pioneer Museum: 2.7 mi
- Wind River Heritage Center: 19.6 mi
- Riverton Museum: 20.0 mi
- City Park: 3.0 mi
- Bruce's Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Garden: 6.5 mi
- Raised Bed Garden: 7.6 mi
- Wind river Wild Horses Sancuary: 7.5 mi
- The Sinks: 9.2 mi
- Johnny Behind The Rocks: 11.6 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 13.1 mi
- The Rise: 8.8 mi
- Miner's Delight: 22.0 mi
- Mill: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort McGraw. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | WSW 246° | 4,022.1 m | 24.1 mi |
| Little El Capitan | WSW 247° | 3,908.6 m | 24.1 mi |
| Atlantic Peak | SW 224° | 3,808 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Nystrom | SW 235° | 3,769 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cathedral Peak | W 266° | 3,759 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Chauvenet | W 268° | 3,722 m | 23.5 mi |
| West Atlantic Peak | SW 226° | 3,687 m | 22.7 mi |
| Bears Ears Mountain | W 268° | 3,584 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:58 | 16:44 |
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 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lander AP, 3 mi away.
- showy milkweed5 obs
- Wild Licorice4 obs
- White-faced Ibis3 obs
- Muskrat3 obs
- Curlycup Gumweed3 obs
- Eared Grebe2 obs
- Black-necked Stilt2 obs
- Barrow's Goldeneye2 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/356501255
Day trips start here
- Lander · 2 mi
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