Crater Hills
Crater Hills rises to 2,398 m in Wyoming. Silvertip Peak stands 3,235 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sulphur Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,398 m
How to reach it
- 25.9 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Turbulent Pool: 2.8 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 2.9 mi
- Mud Caldron: 3.0 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 3.1 mi
- Black Pit Spring: 12.1 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Elephant Back Mountain: 6.1 mi
- 8322 ft: 7.1 mi
- 8305 ft: 7.3 mi
- 8221 ft: 7.9 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 3.0 mi
- Churning Caldron: 3.1 mi
- Sour Lake: 3.1 mi
- Medusa Spring: 12.3 mi
- Artists' Paintpots: 13.2 mi
- Otter Creek Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Nez Perce Ford Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Chittenden Bridge Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Cascade Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- LeHardy Rapids Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 3.0 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 4.7 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 5.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Steamboat Geyser: 12.2 mi
- Gull Point: 9.4 mi
- Storm Point: 10.2 mi
- Sand Point: 11.9 mi
- Holmes Point: 12.1 mi
- Steamboat Point: 12.3 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 4.1 mi
- Crystal Falls: 4.3 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 4.4 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 9.4 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 17.2 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 17.5 mi
- De Lacy Park: 18.8 mi
- Willow Park: 19.6 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 12.3 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 12.3 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 22.2 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 2.7 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Crater Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silvertip Peak | ESE 117° | 3,235 m | 20.4 mi |
| Avalanche Peak | SE 125° | 3,182 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | E 100° | 3,179 m | 20.4 mi |
| Hoyt Peak | SE 126° | 3,154 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Holmes | WNW 301° | 3,149 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Washburn | NNE 11° | 3,122 m | 9.9 mi |
| Little Saddle Mountain | E 82° | 3,114 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Chittenden | ESE 117° | 3,075 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:27 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:57 | 16:45 |
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 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Yellowstone, 8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356500430
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 4 mi
- Gardiner · 28 mi
Take the scenic way to Crater Hills.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.