Sheridan County Big Game Winter Range
Sheridan County Big Game Winter Range is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,728 m. Elk Peak stands 3,352 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1728 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 2 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 4 mi
117 named places within 25 miles
- Steamboat Point: 3.7 mi
- Bulls Eye Point: 4.0 mi
- Fallen City: 4.1 mi
- Freeze Out Point: 4.7 mi
- Columbus Peak: 5.1 mi
- Deer Park: 2.1 mi
- Scott Bicentennial Park: 4.4 mi
- Shutts Flats: 9.3 mi
- Connor Battlefield State Park: 9.5 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Three Springs: 18.1 mi
- Three Springs: 18.1 mi
- Three Springs: 18.1 mi
- Hidden Spring: 18.5 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 18.6 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 14.9 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 18.9 mi
- BLM: 23.0 mi
- BLM: 24.4 mi
- BLM: 24.5 mi
- Trail End State Historic Site: 19.1 mi
- Sheridan County Museum: 20.3 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 21.4 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 22.3 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 22.4 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Riley Point: 10.3 mi
- Weston Point: 20.1 mi
- Black Diamond Trail Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Wyoming information Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Shell Falls: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheridan County Big Game Winter Range. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Peak | S 178° | 3,352 m | 21.7 mi |
| Dome Peak | S 186° | 3,294 m | 18.4 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | S 178° | 3,217 m | 21.0 mi |
| Black Rib | S 173° | 3,187 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bruce Mountain | SSW 195° | 3,148 m | 17.7 mi |
| Hunt Mountain | WSW 246° | 3,098 m | 22.1 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | S 187° | 3,082 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 259° | 3,062 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:15 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:43 | 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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton, 4 mi away.
- Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany18 obs
- Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine11 obs
- mat rock spiraea9 obs
- wild bergamot9 obs
- Rocky Mountain Juniper9 obs
- chokecherry7 obs
- Great Plains yucca7 obs
- Sego Lily7 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/356507255
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