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Register Cliff Monument

Register Cliff Monument from directly overhead

Register Cliff Monument is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,321 m. Middle Rawhide Butte stands 1,728 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Register Cliff, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Oregon Trail Historic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1321 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24580, -104.71746

42 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31
Cliffs: 3
Parks: 3
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Dwyer Junction Rest Area: 15.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Glendo State Park: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle Rawhide ButteNNE 26°1,728 m24.9 mi
Table MountainWNW 294°1,667 m21.1 mi
Garnet HillNNE 28°1,658 m9.4 mi
Cedar TopN 349°1,652 m21.2 mi
Pin TopN 350°1,632 m21.2 mi
BaldyNNW 332°1,603 m17.5 mi
Little Rawhide ButteNNE 26°1,597 m24.1 mi
Baldy MountainNW 321°1,588 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2319:5720:40
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2515:4516:30

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262939465667747263483727
Precip in0.40.50.92.03.02.11.71.21.31.50.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Guernsey DAM #2, 4 mi away.

  • Cliff Swallow11 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear8 obs
  • Great Plains yucca5 obs
  • thistle poppy5 obs
  • Sego Lily5 obs
  • Gopher Snake4 obs
  • Prairie Rattlesnake4 obs
  • Grassland Pricklypear4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356511263

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