Bighorn Peak
Bighorn Peak rises to 3,755 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the north-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Darton Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Bighorn Peak (12,324 feet (3,756 m)) is located in the Bighorn Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the seventh highest in the range and it is in the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest. Bighorn Peak is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Darton Peak.
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Wikidata Q18208130, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3755 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 23.5 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Darton Peak: 1.5 mi
- Loaf Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mather Peaks: 5.2 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Bomber South Peak: 7.9 mi
- Elk Park: 3.8 mi
- Bear Park: 4.8 mi
- Deer Park: 5.8 mi
- Medicine Cabin Park: 6.0 mi
- Medicine Park: 6.3 mi
- Cobra: 9.2 mi
- Tilt-A-Wall: 9.2 mi
- Full Charge Crag: 9.3 mi
- Ed Point: 10.6 mi
- Drugs & Sex Wall: 11.0 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 9.2 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 10.7 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 11.5 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 11.6 mi
- Mosier Springs: 12.0 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 21.2 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 22.7 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 22.7 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 23.7 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 23.4 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 23.7 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Bighorn Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | NNW 340° | 4,017 m | 9.4 mi |
| Merlon | NNW 340° | 3,975 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | NNW 341° | 3,942 m | 10.7 mi |
| Kramer Peak | NNW 342° | 3,918 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | NNW 345° | 3,901 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNW 348° | 3,854 m | 10.6 mi |
| Innominate | NNW 342° | 3,853 m | 10.5 mi |
| Hallelujah | NNW 344° | 3,837 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:12 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tensleep 4NE, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505901
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