Bow Mountain
Bow Mountain rises to 3,957 m in Wyoming. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the north-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Arrowhead, a peak 0.3 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Bow Mountain (13,025 ft (3,970 m)) is located in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Situated 1 mi (1.6 km) west of American Legion Peak, Bow Mountain is in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest. Stroud Glacier lies just to the north of the peak. Bow Mountain is the 29th tallest peak in Wyoming.
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Wikidata Q16845327, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3957 m
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Arrowhead: 0.3 mi
- Brimstone Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Sulphur Peak: 0.5 mi
- Stroud Peak: 0.9 mi
- American Legion Peak: 0.9 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 20.7 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 20.7 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 20.9 mi
- Burzlander Park: 20.9 mi
- American Legion Park: 21.2 mi
- Greeley Point: 5.8 mi
- Granite Peak: 7.1 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- White Rock: 10.4 mi
- Little Brown Point: 13.9 mi
- Water slide: 3.8 mi
- Bomber Falls: 16.9 mi
- North Fork Falls: 20.3 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 20.8 mi
- National Museum of Military Vehicles: 24.6 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 17.1 mi
- Bronx: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Bow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | NNE 28° | 4,206 m | 3.2 mi |
| Fremont Peak | ESE 112° | 4,177 m | 3.6 mi |
| Turret Peak | ENE 67° | 4,147 m | 3.6 mi |
| Doublet Peak | ENE 64° | 4,143 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Helen | E 80° | 4,128 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | E 100° | 4,119 m | 3.0 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | ENE 63° | 4,115 m | 2.9 mi |
| Jackson Peak | ESE 113° | 4,114 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 38 | 24 | 15 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cora, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1598333 — Bow Mountain, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505925
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