Black Rib
Black Rib rises to 3,187 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Coffeen Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013956, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,187 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 20.3 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 22.5 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
Overlooks nearby
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 19 mi
- Loaf Mountain Overlook Observation Site · 26 mi
- Powder River Pass information sign · 28 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elk Peak: 2.6 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Finger Rock: 4.8 mi
- Dome Rock: 5.0 mi
- Spear Peak: 5.3 mi
- Coffeen Park: 2.0 mi
- Heidley Park: 3.2 mi
- Big Goose Park: 5.8 mi
- Long Park: 6.0 mi
- Triangle Park: 6.2 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 11.8 mi
- Bard Spring: 14.2 mi
- Bull Springs: 16.3 mi
- Reserve Spring: 17.9 mi
- Three Springs: 18.0 mi
- Weston Point: 3.1 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Spanish Point: 10.5 mi
- Ed Point: 17.2 mi
- Devils Leap: 21.6 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 15.8 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 17.9 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 22.5 mi
- Trail End State Historic Site: 24.6 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 19.2 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 22.1 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 22.7 mi
- Shell Falls: 16.6 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Black Rib. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | SSE 151° | 4,017 m | 11.5 mi |
| Merlon | SSE 151° | 3,975 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | SSE 148° | 3,942 m | 10.3 mi |
| Kramer Peak | SSE 149° | 3,918 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | SSE 149° | 3,901 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | SE 142° | 3,854 m | 10.8 mi |
| Innominate | SSE 148° | 3,853 m | 10.5 mi |
| Hallelujah | SE 145° | 3,837 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:44 | 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 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Horn, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356499501
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