Hot Springs State Park
Hot Springs State Park is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,330 m. Copper Mountain stands 2,481 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Terraces, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1330 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
51 named places within 25 miles
- Monument Hill: 0.5 mi
- T Hill: 0.8 mi
- Round Top: 1.5 mi
- Black Butte: 2.3 mi
- Twin Buttes: 7.8 mi
- The Block: 5.7 mi
- Minnesela Slope: 7.2 mi
- Windy Point: 9.4 mi
- Padlock Rim: 13.3 mi
- Legend Rocks: 22.7 mi
- Rainbow Terraces: 0.3 mi
- Teepee Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Legend Rock Petroglyph Site: 22.6 mi
- Tyrannosaurus: 0.9 mi
- Bow and Arrow: 1.0 mi
- Rifle: 1.0 mi
- Family Park: 1.4 mi
- Candy Jack Park: 1.5 mi
- Big Horn Spring: 0.3 mi
- Hot Springs County Museum: 1.0 mi
- Gebo: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hot Springs State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mountain | SE 136° | 2,481 m | 19.5 mi |
| Guffy Peak | SE 127° | 2,431 m | 18.2 mi |
| Greer Peak | SE 131° | 2,328 m | 24.3 mi |
| Birdseye Mountain | SSE 160° | 2,274 m | 14.4 mi |
| Fuller Peak | SE 131° | 2,266 m | 24.9 mi |
| Boysen Peak | S 180° | 2,261 m | 13.2 mi |
| Stagner Mountain | S 183° | 2,236 m | 13.4 mi |
| Jenkins Mountain | SW 234° | 2,233 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:52 | 16:39 |
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 | 29 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thermopolis, under a mile away.
- Killdeer38 obs
- Great Plains yucca30 obs
- showy milkweed22 obs
- Plains Pricklypear18 obs
- Mule Deer15 obs
- Wild Turkey12 obs
- Canada Goose12 obs
- Common Sagebrush Lizard11 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.
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