Friend Park
Friend Park is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,272 m. Laramie Peak stands 3,059 m to the east-northeast, 2.6 miles off. Oregon Trail Historic Byway passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2272 m
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Oregon Trail Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- South Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Eagle Peak: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Jack Squirrel Peak: 2.4 mi
- Friend Park: 0.5 mi
- Elk Park: 7.2 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 22.8 mi
- Cottonwood Falls: 13.5 mi
- Dwyer Junction Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Friend Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laramie Peak | ENE 70° | 3,059 m | 2.6 mi |
| Eagle Peak | WNW 298° | 2,784 m | 1.5 mi |
| Windy Peak | NW 305° | 2,735 m | 5.1 mi |
| Jack Squirrel Peak | WSW 243° | 2,699 m | 2.4 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | W 270° | 2,667 m | 1.7 mi |
| South Mountain | SE 138° | 2,664 m | 1.2 mi |
| Fortymile Peak | WNW 292° | 2,663 m | 13.5 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | WNW 300° | 2,645 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Double Four RCH, 7 mi away.
- Laramie Columbine14 obs
- Geyer's sedge5 obs
- bearberry4 obs
- Front Range Beardtongue4 obs
- prairie smoke3 obs
- pipsissewa3 obs
- Snowbrush Ceanothus3 obs
- Fendler's ragwort3 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/356506153
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