Cache Mountain
Cache Mountain rises to 2,924 m in Wyoming. Mount Wilse stands 3,593 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The Needle, a peak 2.4 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 7.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,924 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 12.3 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 27.1 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 9 mi
- Crazy Creek · 10 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 17 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Needle: 2.4 mi
- The Thunderer: 4.0 mi
- Republic Peak: 4.1 mi
- Amphitheater Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Mount Norris: 6.0 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 18.5 mi
- Impasse Falls: 19.2 mi
- Tower Fall: 20.1 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 5.9 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Reef Creek: 20.6 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 8.7 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 17.5 mi
- Devil's Den: 20.1 mi
- Petrified Tree: 22.7 mi
- Wahb spring: 8.4 mi
- Calcite Springs: 20.5 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 19.6 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 20.2 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 7.9 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 8.2 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 8.8 mi
- Willow Park: 9.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Cache Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilse | NNE 18° | 3,593 m | 17.3 mi |
| Iceberg Peak | NNE 15° | 3,513 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pilot Peak | NE 39° | 3,512 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Zimmer | NNE 15° | 3,511 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNE 12° | 3,498 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Fox | N 8° | 3,418 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Rosebud | NE 37° | 3,409 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pollux Peak | S 172° | 3,348 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooke City 2 W, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505960
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