Oregon Trail Monument
Oregon Trail Monument is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,604 m. Buffalo Peak stands 2,844 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Nine Mile Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1604 m
How to reach it
68 named places within 25 miles
- Nine Mile Hill: 1.5 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Chalk Buttes: 3.5 mi
- Johnson Mailbox Hill: 4.6 mi
- Table Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Bill Hooker Monument: 3.1 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 5.1 mi
- Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center: 5.6 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 6.3 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge State Park: 6.5 mi
- Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 5.5 mi
- Glenrock Deer Creek Museum: 22.3 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge: 6.5 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 24.3 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 232° | 2,844 m | 23.8 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | SW 229° | 2,833 m | 24.2 mi |
| Buck Peak | WSW 239° | 2,743 m | 24.5 mi |
| South Sawtooth Mountain | SSW 193° | 2,620 m | 24.0 mi |
| Middle Sawtooth Mountain | SSW 192° | 2,574 m | 23.8 mi |
| Peterson Mountain | WSW 240° | 2,505 m | 21.7 mi |
| School Section Mountain | SW 215° | 2,478 m | 21.3 mi |
| North Sawtooth Mountain | SSW 192° | 2,468 m | 22.8 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 | 07:30 | 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 | 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.
- Plains Pricklypear1 obs
- Wapiti1 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/356502862
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