Big Mountain
Big Mountain rises to 2,514 m in Wyoming. Mount Woolsey stands 3,942 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 5.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,514 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 25.2 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 24 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Walker Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Tongue Butte: 2.2 mi
- Elephant Foot: 2.7 mi
- She-Bear Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Walker Prairie: 3.3 mi
- Deer Park: 7.9 mi
- Shutts Flats: 8.6 mi
- Long Park: 9.0 mi
- Sheridan County Big Game Winter Range: 9.4 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 12.8 mi
- Three Springs: 15.1 mi
- Bull Springs: 17.8 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 19.3 mi
- Bard Spring: 19.4 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Weston Point: 10.8 mi
- Riley Point: 16.5 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Spanish Point: 21.6 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 15.4 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 15.5 mi
- Trail End State Historic Site: 17.1 mi
- Sheridan County Museum: 18.4 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 16.9 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 20.4 mi
- Black Diamond Trail Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Wyoming information Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Shell Falls: 18.3 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Woolsey | SSE 165° | 3,942 m | 23.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | SSE 162° | 3,854 m | 23.6 mi |
| Innominate | SSE 165° | 3,853 m | 23.7 mi |
| Hallelujah | SSE 164° | 3,837 m | 23.0 mi |
| Gargoyle | SSE 165° | 3,793 m | 23.6 mi |
| Penrose Peak | SSE 161° | 3,781 m | 23.0 mi |
| Black Tooth Mountain | SSE 165° | 3,732 m | 23.3 mi |
| Turning Point | SSE 168° | 3,706 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:14 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:44 | 16:32 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1598160 — Big Mountain, Sheridan County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505898
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