Oregon Trail Monument
Oregon Trail Monument is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,724 m. Laramie Peak stands 3,059 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Hill, a peak 6.4 miles away. Oregon Trail Historic Byway passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1724 m
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Oregon Trail Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Hill: 6.4 mi
- Elk Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Bonte Benchmark: 8.1 mi
- Poison Benchmark: 8.2 mi
- Reeder Hill: 8.3 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 6.9 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 9.8 mi
- Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center: 14.8 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 14.9 mi
- Glendo State Park: 16.3 mi
- Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: 15.0 mi
- Glendo State Park: 15.8 mi
- Cottonwood Falls: 17.0 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Oregon Trail Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laramie Peak | SSW 200° | 3,059 m | 21.0 mi |
| Windy Peak | SW 218° | 2,735 m | 22.4 mi |
| South Sawtooth Mountain | SW 231° | 2,620 m | 18.7 mi |
| Middle Sawtooth Mountain | SW 231° | 2,574 m | 18.4 mi |
| Blacktail Peak | SW 234° | 2,572 m | 21.2 mi |
| The Needles | SW 223° | 2,551 m | 19.6 mi |
| Trethway Mountain | SW 224° | 2,547 m | 19.6 mi |
| Bell Mountain | SW 226° | 2,526 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| 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, 14 mi away.
- woodland pinedrops1 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/356502849
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