Sheridan County Fairgrounds
Sheridan County Fairgrounds is a park in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,185 m. Elk Peak stands 3,352 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is North Heights Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 26.5 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 18 mi
99 named places within 25 miles
- Hazel Peak: 8.4 mi
- Curlew Hill: 12.7 mi
- Bosin Rock: 14.3 mi
- Bulls Eye Point: 15.0 mi
- Swamp Creek Hill: 15.6 mi
- North Heights Park: 0.6 mi
- Black Tooth Park: 0.9 mi
- Kendrick Park: 0.9 mi
- Whitney Commons Park: 1.1 mi
- Sheridan Inn National Historical Landmark: 1.3 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 0.7 mi
- BLM: 15.6 mi
- State Trust: 16.8 mi
- BLM: 17.8 mi
- BLM: 18.2 mi
- Trail End State Historic Site: 0.8 mi
- Sheridan County Museum: 2.0 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 8.7 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 11.2 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 11.3 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 17.5 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 17.6 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 20.4 mi
- Wyoming information Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Black Diamond Trail Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 13.7 mi
- Bard Spring: 17.8 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Weston Point: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheridan County Fairgrounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Peak | SW 224° | 3,352 m | 24.9 mi |
| Little Goose Spire | SSW 198° | 3,308 m | 23.9 mi |
| Dome Peak | SW 234° | 3,294 m | 24.5 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | SW 225° | 3,217 m | 24.4 mi |
| Black Rib | SW 218° | 3,187 m | 24.3 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 243° | 3,082 m | 22.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,884 m | 20.1 mi |
| Little Goose Peak | SSW 198° | 2,840 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:13 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:42 | 16:30 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sheridan AP, 3 mi away.
- Mule Deer19 obs
- Mallard12 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake10 obs
- Painted Turtle10 obs
- Wild Turkey9 obs
- dame's rocket9 obs
- American Bullfrog8 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant7 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 11000533OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/341235340
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