Big Sandy Mountain
Big Sandy Mountain rises to 3,770 m in Wyoming. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the southeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Tooth Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Big Sandy Mountain (12,416 feet (3,784 m)) is located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Big Sandy Mountain sits along the Continental Divide, less than 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast of Dog Tooth Peak.
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Wikidata Q16841755, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,770 m
How to reach it
95 named places within 25 miles
- Dog Tooth Peak: 0.9 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mitchell Peak: 1.5 mi
- War Bonnet Peak: 1.9 mi
- Schiestler Peak: 2.1 mi
- The Diving Board: 3.1 mi
- Sharks Nose: 3.4 mi
- Suicide Point: 12.6 mi
- Fair Field: 16.8 mi
- Main Wall: 17.4 mi
- Tayo Park: 7.5 mi
- Sinks Canyon State Park: 18.5 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 20.8 mi
- Pow Wow: 22.6 mi
- Lander Bike Park: 22.7 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 15.2 mi
- North Fork Falls: 19.6 mi
- Bruce's Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- City Park: 22.9 mi
- The Sinks: 18.8 mi
- Wind river Wild Horses Sancuary: 23.3 mi
- The Rise: 19.0 mi
- Raised Bed Garden: 19.9 mi
- The Lander Pioneer Museum: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Sandy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | SE 139° | 4,022 m | 3.9 mi |
| Temple Peak | S 173° | 3,958 m | 3.7 mi |
| Little El Capitan | SE 137° | 3,909 m | 3.5 mi |
| Roberts Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,889 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Lander | NW 322° | 3,846 m | 11.7 mi |
| East Temple Peak | SSE 158° | 3,822 m | 3.0 mi |
| Washakie Peak | NW 318° | 3,811 m | 5.8 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | NNW 333° | 3,800 m | 0.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:01 | 16:46 |
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 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lander AP, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1598167 — Big Sandy Mountain, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505899
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