Oregon Trail Monument
Oregon Trail Monument is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,581 m. Buffalo Peak stands 2,844 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1581 m
How to reach it
65 named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Johnson Mailbox Hill: 4.0 mi
- Nine Mile Hill: 4.9 mi
- Windy Benchmark: 6.5 mi
- Tomahawk Peak: 7.2 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge State Park: 2.3 mi
- Bill Hooker Monument: 5.8 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 6.3 mi
- Bozeman Trail Marker: 7.2 mi
- Converse County Park: 9.8 mi
- Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 10.3 mi
- Glenrock Deer Creek Museum: 16.0 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oregon Trail Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Peak | SW 217° | 2,844 m | 22.0 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | SW 214° | 2,833 m | 22.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SW 215° | 2,814 m | 24.3 mi |
| Cherry Mountain | SW 222° | 2,786 m | 23.7 mi |
| Gunnysack Benchmark | SW 234° | 2,761 m | 24.3 mi |
| Buck Peak | SW 225° | 2,743 m | 21.9 mi |
| Davis Peak | WSW 241° | 2,557 m | 21.4 mi |
| Peterson Mountain | SW 224° | 2,505 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 26 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Converse CO AP Asos, 11 mi away.
- Pronghorn3 obs
- American Bison3 obs
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog2 obs
- Killdeer1 obs
- North American Racer1 obs
- American Badger1 obs
- Sego Lily1 obs
- Wilson's Phalarope1 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/356502865
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