Castle Rock
Castle Rock rises to 2,177 m in Wyoming. Bald Knoll stands 3,137 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018582, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,177 m
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
40 named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 0.0 mi
- Bailey Cone: 5.4 mi
- Chimney Butte: 8.5 mi
- Ross Butte: 9.9 mi
- The Frog: 11.1 mi
- Green River Valley Museum: 5.9 mi
- Sommers Homestead Living History Museum: 21.9 mi
- Blue Rim: 16.9 mi
- Names Hill: 21.4 mi
- Marbleton Park: 6.7 mi
- New Fork: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knoll | WSW 258° | 3,137 m | 22.9 mi |
| North Mountain | W 280° | 2,918 m | 23.6 mi |
| Lake Mountain | WSW 248° | 2,871 m | 22.5 mi |
| Cretaceous Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,616 m | 14.9 mi |
| Big Mesa | WSW 237° | 2,439 m | 13.9 mi |
| Deer Hill | WNW 297° | 2,353 m | 14.4 mi |
| Little Mesa | SW 235° | 2,333 m | 11.3 mi |
| Daniel Grindstone Butte | N 1° | 2,311 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:19 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:05 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 15 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 60 | 51 | 38 | 24 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Piney Marbleton AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1586446 — Castle Rock, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356499989
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