Washington Park
Washington Park is a park in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,594 m. Reno Hill stands 2,642 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Werner Wildlife Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 17 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
- 28.5 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
77 named places within 25 miles
- City Park: 0.6 mi
- Conwell Park: 0.7 mi
- Highland Park: 0.7 mi
- Highland Park: 0.8 mi
- David Street Station: 0.8 mi
- Casper Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Limestone Hill: 11.0 mi
- Coal Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Muddy Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Red Buttes: 11.8 mi
- Werner Wildlife Museum: 0.5 mi
- Nicolaysen Art Museum: 0.6 mi
- The Science Zone: 0.6 mi
- Ida Goodstein Visual Arts Center: 0.7 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 0.8 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 7.9 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 11.4 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 12.1 mi
- Wardwell Field: 5.2 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 12.7 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 19.3 mi
- Statzer Point: 23.9 mi
- Prometheus: 0.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Hill | SE 145° | 2,642 m | 22.2 mi |
| Davis Peak | SE 131° | 2,557 m | 23.8 mi |
| Muddy Mountain | SSE 163° | 2,521 m | 11.5 mi |
| Six Horse Hill | SSE 148° | 2,448 m | 20.7 mi |
| Lookout Peak | SE 131° | 2,429 m | 22.7 mi |
| Casper Mountain | S 180° | 2,390 m | 6.1 mi |
| Ice Cave Mountain | SSE 163° | 2,349 m | 23.3 mi |
| Negro Hill | SE 139° | 2,330 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casper 1SW, 2 mi away.
- Wild Turkey62 obs
- Pronghorn43 obs
- Mule Deer34 obs
- showy milkweed24 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel21 obs
- European Mantis19 obs
- House Sparrow17 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider16 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/27610335
Day trips start here
- Casper · 1 mi
- Central Wyoming · 10 mi
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