Beacon Light Hill
Beacon Light Hill rises to 1,922 m in Wyoming. Pilot Butte stands 2,423 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Bluffs, a cliff 1.0 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011219, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,922 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Bridger Valley Historic Byway
60 named places within 25 miles
- Sweetwater County Picnic Grounds: 7.7 mi
- Thomas Moran Park: 9.8 mi
- Hutton Park: 9.8 mi
- Collier Park: 10.1 mi
- Island Park: 10.2 mi
- Massacre Hill: 8.7 mi
- The Towers: 10.4 mi
- Whalen Butte: 11.5 mi
- Monument Hill: 12.0 mi
- Wilkins Peak: 16.7 mi
- The Bluffs: 1.0 mi
- The Palisades: 9.4 mi
- Tollgate Rock: 9.8 mi
- Blue Point: 15.8 mi
- Blue Rim: 18.9 mi
- US Army Tank: 24.5 mi
- US Air Force Jet: 24.6 mi
- Bryan: 3.7 mi
- Powell Colorado River Expedition: 10.1 mi
- Sweetwater County Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- M60: 11.0 mi
- Butcher Knife Spring: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beacon Light Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Butte | ENE 62° | 2,423 m | 18.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | S 185° | 2,379 m | 23.5 mi |
| White Mountain | ENE 77° | 2,321 m | 18.5 mi |
| Wilkins Peak | E 95° | 2,295 m | 16.7 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | ESE 121° | 2,212 m | 18.1 mi |
| Antelope Knoll | WSW 237° | 2,149 m | 17.9 mi |
| Wildcat Butte | WSW 256° | 2,119 m | 20.6 mi |
| Whalen Butte | ESE 106° | 2,087 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:15 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:08 | 16:53 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Green RVR, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356499160
Day trips start here
- Green River · 11 mi
- Rock Springs · 25 mi
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