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Coad Mountain

Coad Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Coad Mountain rises to 2,834 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Wyoming, United States of America

Wikidata Q49021121, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2834 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.56711, -106.58403

Overlooks nearby

67 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 50
Parks: 4
  • Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 12.0 mi
  • Chimney Park: 13.6 mi
  • Veterans Island Park: 13.9 mi
  • Mine Disaster Memorial: 20.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 2
  • Elk Mountain Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Saratoga Museum: 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 16.6 mi
  • Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coad Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medicine Bow PeakSE 136°3,639 m19.9 mi
Gap PointSE 132°3,585 m19.6 mi
Browns PeakSE 131°3,567 m20.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSE 135°3,472 m20.5 mi
Rock Creek KnollESE 122°3,391 m21.1 mi
Elk MountainNNE 33°3,390 m5.5 mi
Silver BenchmarkSE 145°3,318 m20.9 mi
Kennaday PeakSSE 156°3,290 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3320:0320:45
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:3015:5516:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202332394858656253413020
Precip in0.60.81.11.51.71.30.91.21.31.50.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saratoga 4N, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1586789 — Coad Mountain, Carbon County, Wyoming.

OpenStreetMap element node/356500287

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