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Oregon Trail Marker

Oregon Trail Marker from directly overhead

Oregon Trail Marker is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,524 m. Buffalo Peak stands 2,844 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenrock Deer Creek Museum, a museum 5.6 miles away. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1524 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.82747, -105.78111
Around it

67 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 52
  • Dewey Benchmark: 6.5 mi
  • Top of the World: 6.8 mi
  • Windy Benchmark: 7.0 mi
  • Hermit Rock: 11.2 mi
  • Round Hill: 12.0 mi
Parks: 11
Museums: 2
  • Glenrock Deer Creek Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Ayres Natural Bridge: 10.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oregon Trail Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo PeakS 190°2,844 m22.3 mi
Roaring MountainS 188°2,833 m23.3 mi
Twin PeaksS 190°2,814 m24.7 mi
Cherry MountainSSW 196°2,786 m22.7 mi
Gunnysack BenchmarkSSW 208°2,761 m21.2 mi
Buck PeakSSW 197°2,743 m20.7 mi
Reno HillSW 220°2,642 m22.3 mi
Davis PeakSSW 212°2,557 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:16
June solstice05:2520:0320:46
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:3115:4716:33

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262737445364727060463425
Precip in0.30.30.71.62.31.60.91.01.00.90.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Converse CO AP Asos, 20 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pronghorn4 obs
  • American White Pelican1 obs
  • Ferruginous Hawk1 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • Cliff Swallow1 obs
  • Mule Deer1 obs
  • common starlily1 obs
  • Great Plains yucca1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356502845

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