Cone Mountain
Cone Mountain rises to 2,882 m in Wyoming. Hunt Mountain stands 3,098 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Duncum Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Medicine Wheel Passage passes 3.6 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49021679, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2882 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 19.0 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Crystal Creek Overlook · 5 mi
- Observation Point · 9 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 9 mi
72 named places within 25 miles
- Duncum Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Medicine Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Rooster Hill: 4.8 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Mexican Hill: 5.2 mi
- Crater Spring: 8.1 mi
- Bear Spring: 8.2 mi
- Red Spring: 9.0 mi
- Hidden Spring: 9.9 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 12.3 mi
- Deer Park: 10.9 mi
- Bull Elk Park: 11.8 mi
- Schuler Park: 14.0 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 14.8 mi
- Bull Park: 15.8 mi
- Porcupine Falls: 1.5 mi
- Bucking Mule Falls: 3.2 mi
- Shell Falls: 23.1 mi
- Mason-Lovell Ranch: 13.6 mi
- Hillsboro: 23.7 mi
- Ewing-Snell Ranch: 24.1 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 2.9 mi
- Two Eagles Interpretive Trail: 23.4 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 11.9 mi
- Kane: 15.6 mi
- Riley Point: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Mountain | SE 146° | 3,098 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,062 m | 5.5 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | SSW 196° | 3,038 m | 3.1 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | SE 139° | 3,020 m | 8.0 mi |
| Duncum Mountain | ENE 62° | 2,993 m | 1.3 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SE 136° | 2,991 m | 22.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | N 2° | 2,981 m | 5.5 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | ESE 112° | 2,894 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:17 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:45 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 35 | 25 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burgess Junction, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1586928 — Cone Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356500335
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