Mine Disaster Memorial
Mine Disaster Memorial is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,092 m. Elk Mountain stands 3,390 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanna Mine Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 24 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2092 m
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
58 named places within 25 miles
- One Benchmark: 4.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.0 mi
- Two Benchmark: 7.2 mi
- Tenmile Hill: 9.6 mi
- Dana Ridge North: 10.0 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 14.0 mi
- Headquarters Park: 19.8 mi
- Bear Park: 21.2 mi
- Sinclair Recreation Park: 24.2 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 13.9 mi
- Medicine Bow Museum: 18.0 mi
- Wagonhound Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Fort Steele Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 22.0 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 22.3 mi
- Smith Creek Rim: 23.1 mi
- Sederlin Slide: 23.3 mi
- Hanna Mine Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Little Rock Spring: 19.9 mi
- Fossil Bone Cabin: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mine Disaster Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mountain | S 176° | 3,390 m | 15.8 mi |
| Pennock Mountain | S 185° | 3,061 m | 23.5 mi |
| Coad Mountain | S 185° | 2,834 m | 20.4 mi |
| Shirley Benchmark | N 359° | 2,792 m | 21.1 mi |
| Quealy Benchmark | N 1° | 2,791 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 4° | 2,700 m | 18.1 mi |
| High Benchmark | N 6° | 2,698 m | 18.8 mi |
| Sheephead Mountain | SSW 197° | 2,623 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK MTN, 14 mi away.
- Mule Deer5 obs
- Swainson's Hawk2 obs
- Yellow-headed Blackbird2 obs
- Violet-green Swallow2 obs
- White-tailed Prairie Dog2 obs
- Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth2 obs
- Taygete decemmaculella2 obs
- Digrammia nubiculata2 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/356502630
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