Amphitheater Mountain
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Amphitheater Mountain rises to 3,107 m in Wyoming. Glacier Peak stands 3,762 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Abiathar Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Amphitheater Mountain is a prominent 11,042-foot-elevation (3,366-meter) mountain summit located in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49008723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,107 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 10 mi
- Crazy Creek · 12 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 18 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Abiathar Peak: 1.3 mi
- Republic Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Republic Peak: 3.2 mi
- Meridian Peak: 3.8 mi
- Barronette Peak: 4.0 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
- Impasse Falls: 16.4 mi
- Tower Fall: 19.4 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 19.9 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 4.6 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Reef Creek: 23.5 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 9.7 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 18.7 mi
- Devil's Den: 19.4 mi
- Petrified Tree: 21.5 mi
- Wahb spring: 11.6 mi
- Calcite Springs: 19.6 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 19.4 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 22.9 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 2.8 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 4.3 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 4.7 mi
- Willow Park: 9.0 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Amphitheater Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Peak | NNE 32° | 3,762 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Villard | NE 35° | 3,735 m | 14.9 mi |
| Cairn Mountain | NE 40° | 3,725 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mystic Mountain | NNE 31° | 3,686 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Wilse | NNE 32° | 3,593 m | 13.0 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NNE 20° | 3,582 m | 13.1 mi |
| Iceberg Peak | NNE 28° | 3,513 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pilot Peak | E 87° | 3,512 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooke City 2 W, 3 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1597743 — Amphitheater Mountain, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505804
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