Island Park
Island Park is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,854 m. Quaking Asp Mountain stands 2,594 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Powell Colorado River Expedition, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1854 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
71 named places within 25 miles
- Hutton Park: 0.4 mi
- Hoover Park: 0.4 mi
- Hutton Park: 0.4 mi
- Collier Park: 0.6 mi
- Andrews Park: 0.7 mi
- The Towers: 1.4 mi
- Whalen Butte: 3.6 mi
- Wilkins Peak: 6.6 mi
- White Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Beacon Light Hill: 10.2 mi
- Tollgate Rock: 1.6 mi
- The Palisades: 2.3 mi
- The Palisades: 2.4 mi
- The Bluffs: 11.0 mi
- Blue Rim: 18.9 mi
- US Army Tank: 14.6 mi
- US Air Force Jet: 14.7 mi
- Powell Colorado River Expedition: 0.1 mi
- M60: 1.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Island Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quaking Asp Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,594 m | 20.0 mi |
| Hogback | SSE 158° | 2,450 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pilot Butte | NE 36° | 2,423 m | 10.3 mi |
| Antelope Butte | SE 124° | 2,347 m | 17.2 mi |
| Table | E 100° | 2,342 m | 21.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | ESE 105° | 2,326 m | 22.9 mi |
| White Mountain | ENE 64° | 2,321 m | 8.7 mi |
| Parea Butte | SSE 153° | 2,314 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:14 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:07 | 16:52 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Green RVR, under a mile away.
- Mule Deer15 obs
- Greasewood15 obs
- Greater Short-horned Lizard9 obs
- broadleaved pepperweed9 obs
- Saltlover9 obs
- Bald Eagle8 obs
- Russian olive8 obs
- American Avocet7 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 68000056OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/156728359
Day trips start here
- Green River · 1 mi
- Rock Springs · 15 mi
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