Izaak Walton Park
Izaak Walton Park is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,559 m. Reno Hill stands 2,642 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Casper Historical Grounds, a park 0.3 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 14 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1559 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
- 26.2 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
73 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Casper Historical Grounds: 0.3 mi
- Norene Kilmer Park: 0.8 mi
- 1st Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Sunny Acres Park: 1.1 mi
- Westwood Park: 1.4 mi
- Casper Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Limestone Hill: 8.5 mi
- Coal Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Red Buttes: 9.2 mi
- Bessemer Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Fort Caspar Museum: 0.4 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 2.6 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 2.8 mi
- National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: 2.8 mi
- Ida Goodstein Visual Arts Center: 2.8 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 4.8 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 8.1 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 9.1 mi
- Wardwell Field: 5.1 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 10.0 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 22.5 mi
- Statzer Point: 23.1 mi
- Prometheus: 2.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Izaak Walton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Hill | SE 138° | 2,642 m | 24.1 mi |
| Muddy Mountain | SSE 149° | 2,521 m | 12.7 mi |
| Six Horse Hill | SE 141° | 2,448 m | 22.4 mi |
| Casper Mountain | SSE 151° | 2,390 m | 6.8 mi |
| Ice Cave Mountain | SSE 156° | 2,349 m | 24.3 mi |
| Negro Hill | SE 131° | 2,330 m | 18.2 mi |
| Thirty-One Benchmark | ESE 120° | 2,273 m | 22.4 mi |
| Protsmans Knob | SE 126° | 2,243 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 71 | 60 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casper Wwtp, 5 mi away.
- Wild Turkey29 obs
- Canada Goose16 obs
- Mule Deer16 obs
- showy milkweed15 obs
- Common Merganser14 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel12 obs
- American White Pelican10 obs
- Bald Eagle9 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/356511231
Day trips start here
- Casper · 3 mi
- Central Wyoming · 7 mi
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