Three Patches Picnic Area
Three Patches Picnic Area is a park in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,554 m. Pine Butte stands 2,665 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Quaking Asp Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2554 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
80 named places within 25 miles
- Arrowhead Springs Park: 5.8 mi
- Sweetwater County Archery Complex: 10.5 mi
- Sweetwater County Gun Range: 11.0 mi
- Palisades Park: 11.3 mi
- Blairtown Park: 11.6 mi
- Quaking Asp Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Chimney Rock: 4.4 mi
- Table: 4.5 mi
- Antelope Butte: 4.5 mi
- Earnest Butte: 6.1 mi
- Lion Bluffs: 3.9 mi
- Laney Rim: 15.5 mi
- Tollgate Rock: 20.3 mi
- The Palisades: 21.0 mi
- The Palisades: 21.1 mi
- Salt Wells: 17.6 mi
- Dines: 21.2 mi
- Winton: 22.6 mi
- Powell Colorado River Expedition: 19.3 mi
- Point of Rocks Stage Station: 24.6 mi
- Point of Rocks Stage Station: 24.6 mi
- US Air Force Jet: 13.0 mi
- US Army Tank: 13.0 mi
- M60: 18.2 mi
- Sweetwater County Historical Museum: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Three Patches Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Butte | ESE 109° | 2,665 m | 24.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSW 201° | 2,629 m | 21.9 mi |
| Quaking Asp Mountain | NE 37° | 2,594 m | 2.5 mi |
| Sand Butte | ESE 103° | 2,559 m | 24.2 mi |
| Potter Mountain | SSE 156° | 2,545 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mellor Mountain | S 189° | 2,522 m | 16.6 mi |
| Hawks Nest | SSW 205° | 2,485 m | 23.6 mi |
| Hogback | SSW 211° | 2,450 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:12 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:06 | 16:51 |
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 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Springs Fire Dept, 12 mi away.
- Bitterroot2 obs
- quaking aspen1 obs
- arrowleaf balsamroot1 obs
- hollyleaf clover1 obs
- Browse Milkvetch1 obs
- Valley Violet1 obs
- bulbous springparsley1 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 way/159457284
Day trips start here
- Rock Springs · 12 mi
- Green River · 19 mi
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