Channel Mountain
Channel Mountain rises to 2,667 m in Wyoming. Pinnacle Mountain stands 3,469 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,667 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Overlook Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Flat Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Barlow Peak: 6.5 mi
- Mount Sheridan: 7.7 mi
- Factory Hill: 8.0 mi
- Lewis Lake Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Fisherman's Access Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- West Thumb Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Spruce-Fir Exhibit Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Pumice Point Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Snake Hot Springs: 12.7 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 13.7 mi
- Bluebell Spring: 13.7 mi
- Seismograph Pool: 13.7 mi
- Surging Spring: 13.7 mi
- Plover Point: 7.5 mi
- Terrace Point: 8.6 mi
- Snipe Point: 9.2 mi
- Wolf Point: 9.8 mi
- Signal Point: 10.8 mi
- Venting Pool: 13.7 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 13.7 mi
- Thumb Paint Pots: 13.7 mi
- Ledge Spring: 13.7 mi
- Collapsing Spring: 13.7 mi
- Plateau Falls: 10.6 mi
- Lewis Falls: 13.0 mi
- Moose Falls: 17.1 mi
- Lower North Fork Falls: 24.0 mi
- Upper North Fork Falls: 24.0 mi
- West Thumb Geyser Basin: 13.8 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 13.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 17.7 mi
- Eagle Pass: 18.6 mi
- Parting of the Waters National Natural Landmark: 18.9 mi
- Basin Creek: 7.8 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 9.8 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 10.2 mi
- De Lacy Park: 20.2 mi
- John D Rockefeller Memorial Parkway: 22.6 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Channel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | E 81° | 3,469 m | 20.6 mi |
| Eagle Peak | E 80° | 3,460 m | 17.5 mi |
| Chaos Mountain | E 89° | 3,455 m | 22.6 mi |
| Table Mountain | E 85° | 3,365 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Humphreys | ENE 75° | 3,359 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Schurz | ENE 73° | 3,356 m | 15.7 mi |
| Howell Mountain | ENE 73° | 3,342 m | 23.3 mi |
| Atkins Peak | ENE 65° | 3,331 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:58 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 16 | 25 | 33 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 56 | 47 | 36 | 23 | 14 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snake RVR, 17 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 1586573 — Channel Mountain, Teton County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356500080
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 25 mi
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