Oregon Trail Monument
Oregon Trail Monument is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,505 m. Warbonnet Peak stands 2,861 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Warm Springs Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1505 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Warm Springs Hill: 1.7 mi
- Chalk Benchmark: 2.8 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Poison Benchmark: 5.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 5.1 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 2.9 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 5.1 mi
- Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center: 7.0 mi
- Bill Hooker Monument: 7.7 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 9.8 mi
- Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 7.0 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Glendo State Park: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Oregon Trail Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warbonnet Peak | SW 230° | 2,861 m | 24.4 mi |
| Buffalo Peak | WSW 244° | 2,844 m | 24.1 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | WSW 241° | 2,833 m | 24.2 mi |
| South Sawtooth Mountain | SSW 203° | 2,620 m | 21.0 mi |
| Middle Sawtooth Mountain | SSW 203° | 2,574 m | 20.7 mi |
| Blacktail Peak | SSW 209° | 2,572 m | 22.6 mi |
| The Needles | SSW 198° | 2,551 m | 22.9 mi |
| Trethway Mountain | SSW 198° | 2,547 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 26 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 59 | 45 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Douglas 1 SE, 7 mi away.
- North American Racer1 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake1 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad1 obs
- Prairie Rattlesnake1 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/356502858
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