Castor Peak
Castor Peak rises to 3,293 m in Wyoming. Dead Indian Peak stands 3,703 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pollux Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,293 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 21.5 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crazy Creek · 22 mi
- Pilot & Index · 22 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 25 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pollux Peak: 1.4 mi
- Grant Peak: 1.9 mi
- Notch Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Hague Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 17.1 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- The Palisades: 16.4 mi
- Holmes Point: 18.6 mi
- Steamboat Point: 19.0 mi
- Storm Point: 20.1 mi
- Elk Point: 20.8 mi
- Wahb spring: 13.9 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 19.0 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 23.6 mi
- Mud Caldron: 23.6 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 23.7 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 18.1 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 21.4 mi
- Eagle Pass: 23.1 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 23.7 mi
- Churning Caldron: 23.7 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 23.7 mi
- Sour Lake: 23.8 mi
- Fire Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 24.4 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 24.8 mi
- Willow Park: 22.4 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Castor Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Indian Peak | ESE 101° | 3,703 m | 17.3 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | SSE 149° | 3,408 m | 10.7 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | ESE 101° | 3,403 m | 13.9 mi |
| Geers Point | ENE 77° | 3,401 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ESE 109° | 3,399 m | 12.2 mi |
| Pollux Peak | ENE 62° | 3,348 m | 1.4 mi |
| Howell Mountain | S 175° | 3,342 m | 19.8 mi |
| Notch Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,332 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:55 | 16:43 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahaska, 11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1598667 — Castor Peak, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505968
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- Yellowstone National Park · 29 mi
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