Darton Peak
Darton Peak rises to 3,735 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the north-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bighorn Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
Darton Peak (12,279 feet (3,743 m)) is located in the Bighorn Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the eighth-highest in the range and it is in the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest. Darton Peak is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Bighorn Peak and 4.5 mi (7.2 km) southeast of Mather Peaks.
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Wikidata Q18210041, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,735 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 23.0 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 29.2 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bighorn Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mather Peaks: 3.8 mi
- Loaf Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Bomber South Peak: 6.4 mi
- Bomber Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Elk Park: 3.7 mi
- Medicine Cabin Park: 4.5 mi
- Medicine Park: 4.8 mi
- Bear Park: 5.2 mi
- Slab Park: 5.8 mi
- Cobra: 10.3 mi
- Tilt-A-Wall: 10.3 mi
- Full Charge Crag: 10.3 mi
- Ed Point: 10.4 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 8.7 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 10.1 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 11.1 mi
- Mosier Springs: 11.6 mi
- Moses Spring: 14.3 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 20.8 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 22.5 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 23.6 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 22.1 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 22.5 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 24.3 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Darton Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | NNW 336° | 4,017 m | 8.0 mi |
| Merlon | NNW 337° | 3,975 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | NNW 339° | 3,942 m | 9.3 mi |
| Kramer Peak | NNW 339° | 3,918 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | NNW 342° | 3,901 m | 6.4 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNW 347° | 3,854 m | 9.1 mi |
| Innominate | NNW 339° | 3,853 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hallelujah | NNW 342° | 3,837 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:12 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tensleep 4NE, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506036
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