Cloud Peak
Cloud Peak rises to 4,017 m in Wyoming. Merlon stands 3,975 m to the east-southeast, 0.2 miles off. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Cloud Peak is the highest peak within the Bighorn Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5135676, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4017 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 19.0 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 22.0 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Loaf Mountain Overlook Observation Site · 15 mi
- Powder River Pass information sign · 17 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Merlon: 0.2 mi
- Kramer Peak: 0.6 mi
- Innominate: 1.1 mi
- Gargoyle: 1.2 mi
- Bomber Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Medicine Park: 3.2 mi
- Medicine Cabin Park: 3.6 mi
- Highland Park: 5.7 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 6.6 mi
- Long Park: 7.3 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Ed Point: 10.0 mi
- Weston Point: 14.2 mi
- Spanish Point: 14.5 mi
- Cobra: 15.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 12.4 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 12.8 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 14.3 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 14.3 mi
- Bard Spring: 14.4 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 19.8 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 19.9 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 20.0 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 22.4 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 23.5 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 18.3 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 20.0 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Cloud Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merlon | ESE 116° | 3,975 m | 0.2 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | N 354° | 3,942 m | 1.3 mi |
| Kramer Peak | NNE 20° | 3,918 m | 0.6 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | SE 136° | 3,901 m | 1.7 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NE 36° | 3,854 m | 1.9 mi |
| Innominate | N 360° | 3,853 m | 1.1 mi |
| Hallelujah | N 7° | 3,837 m | 1.9 mi |
| Bomber Mountain | SE 138° | 3,795 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:13 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 33 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Story, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1586783 — Cloud Peak, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356500275
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