Chalk Mountain
Chalk Mountain rises to 2,434 m in Wyoming. Shirley Benchmark stands 2,792 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Peak, a peak 4.0 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 13 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49019728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,434 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
40 named places within 25 miles
- Horse Peak: 4.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Point of Rocks: 9.1 mi
- Pine Hill: 12.6 mi
- Shirley Benchmark: 13.0 mi
- Dry Creek Rim: 6.0 mi
- Fourmile Point: 7.8 mi
- Smith Creek Rim: 16.6 mi
- Dugway Rim: 21.4 mi
- Bear Park: 13.7 mi
- Headquarters Park: 16.5 mi
- Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge: 22.8 mi
- Little Rock Spring: 15.1 mi
- Deer Spring: 21.6 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- Shirley Basin: 14.2 mi
- Greasewood " Rescue Site Martin Handcart Company.: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chalk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Benchmark | SSW 199° | 2,792 m | 13.0 mi |
| Quealy Benchmark | SSW 195° | 2,791 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | S 189° | 2,700 m | 15.6 mi |
| High Benchmark | S 187° | 2,698 m | 14.8 mi |
| Windy Hill | SSE 152° | 2,533 m | 19.5 mi |
| Sullivan Benchmark | SSE 161° | 2,526 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sailor Benchmark | SW 227° | 2,525 m | 20.8 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | W 270° | 2,488 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shirley Basin, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356500078
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