Casper Mountain
Casper Mountain rises to 2,390 m in Wyoming. Gunnysack Benchmark stands 2,761 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 1.4 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 20 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Casper Mountain, an anticline, is located at the north end of the Laramie Mountains overlooking Casper, Wyoming along the North Platte River. At a top elevation of 8,130 feet (2,478 m), the geological feature rises approximately 3,000 feet (914 m) above Casper.
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Wikidata Q1858241, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2390 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
- 24.5 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Park: 1.4 mi
- Beartrap Meadow County Park: 1.4 mi
- Goodstein Park: 3.4 mi
- Yesness Park: 4.0 mi
- Adams Park: 4.9 mi
- Muddy Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Coal Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Limestone Hill: 8.8 mi
- Red Buttes: 9.7 mi
- Negro Hill: 12.0 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 5.1 mi
- Tate Geological Museum: 5.5 mi
- Ida Goodstein Visual Arts Center: 5.6 mi
- Werner Wildlife Museum: 5.7 mi
- Fort Caspar Museum: 6.5 mi
- Telegraph Road Camp: 8.5 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 11.2 mi
- Emigrant Gap: 13.0 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 10.7 mi
- Wardwell Field: 11.1 mi
- Glenrock Buffalo Jump: 20.3 mi
- Dugway Rim: 24.9 mi
- Prometheus: 6.7 mi
- Deer Spring: 23.3 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Casper Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnysack Benchmark | SE 128° | 2,761 m | 21.8 mi |
| Reno Hill | SE 133° | 2,642 m | 17.6 mi |
| Davis Peak | ESE 118° | 2,557 m | 20.3 mi |
| Muddy Mountain | SE 146° | 2,521 m | 5.9 mi |
| Six Horse Hill | SE 137° | 2,448 m | 15.8 mi |
| Lookout Peak | ESE 118° | 2,429 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pole Mountain | ESE 120° | 2,352 m | 24.5 mi |
| Ice Cave Mountain | SSE 157° | 2,349 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casper 1SW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356499976
Day trips start here
- Casper · 6 mi
- Central Wyoming · 12 mi
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