Crescent Hill
Crescent Hill rises to 2,393 m in Wyoming. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Garnet Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,393 m
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Garnet Hill: 1.9 mi
- Prospect Peak: 3.8 mi
- Bumpus Butte: 4.0 mi
- Junction Butte: 4.1 mi
- Hellroaring Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Calcite Springs: 4.3 mi
- Canary Spring: 11.7 mi
- Dryad Springs: 11.7 mi
- Palette Spring: 11.7 mi
- New Blue Spring: 11.8 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Petrified Tree: 2.1 mi
- Frog Rock: 4.8 mi
- Devil's Den: 5.1 mi
- Osprey Falls: 10.3 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 11.7 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Tower Fall: 5.1 mi
- Wraith Falls: 7.4 mi
- Undine Falls: 8.2 mi
- Rustic Falls: 12.4 mi
- Bijah Springs: 17.7 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 17.8 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 17.8 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 17.8 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 17.8 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 19.3 mi
- Trilobite Point: 20.1 mi
- Arch Park: 13.3 mi
- Willow Park: 14.2 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 17.7 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 18.5 mi
- Aldridge: 17.3 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 22.0 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Crescent Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | WNW 285° | 3,341 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cutoff Mountain | ENE 69° | 3,251 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Wallace | N 1° | 3,240 m | 17.8 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NNE 29° | 3,197 m | 17.1 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NW 317° | 3,189 m | 16.6 mi |
| Monitor Peak | NNW 332° | 3,168 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Washburn | S 170° | 3,122 m | 9.8 mi |
| Ash Mountain | NNW 341° | 3,116 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:27 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:55 | 16:44 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 50 | 38 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tower Falls, 3 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/356511279
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 13 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 22 mi
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