Crooked Creek Hill
Crooked Creek Hill rises to 2,931 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Snowshoe Mountain, a peak 3.3 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49023028, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,931 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 25.3 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
Overlooks nearby
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 23 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Snowshoe Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Antelope Butte: 5.5 mi
- Iron Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Dutch Oven Peak: 6.7 mi
- Elk Peak: 6.9 mi
- Coffeen Park: 10.7 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 11.0 mi
- Heidley Park: 11.9 mi
- Long Park: 13.1 mi
- Big Goose Park: 13.5 mi
- Bull Springs: 9.0 mi
- Reserve Spring: 10.0 mi
- Three Springs: 12.8 mi
- Deer Spring: 14.2 mi
- Wolf Springs: 15.0 mi
- Spanish Point: 5.0 mi
- Weston Point: 10.1 mi
- Devils Leap: 12.8 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Ed Point: 17.3 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Shell Falls: 9.2 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Crooked Creek Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | ESE 122° | 4,017 m | 16.7 mi |
| Merlon | ESE 121° | 3,975 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | ESE 118° | 3,942 m | 16.0 mi |
| Kramer Peak | ESE 120° | 3,918 m | 16.6 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | ESE 123° | 3,901 m | 18.4 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | ESE 115° | 3,854 m | 17.0 mi |
| Innominate | ESE 118° | 3,853 m | 16.2 mi |
| Hallelujah | ESE 115° | 3,837 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:14 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1599028 — Crooked Creek Hill, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506024
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