Dirty Mountain
Dirty Mountain rises to 2,542 m in Wyoming. Pole Mountain stands 2,751 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Dirty Mountain is a summit in Albany County, Wyoming, in the United States. With an elevation of 8,340 feet (2,540 m), Dirty Mountain is the 764th highest summit in the state of Wyoming.
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Wikidata Q19881023, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2542 m
How to reach it
124 named places within 25 miles
- Lake Hill: 1.8 mi
- Sherman Hill: 2.1 mi
- Big Hill: 3.0 mi
- Quartzite 2 Benchmark: 3.0 mi
- Ragged Top Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Kiowa Park: 9.8 mi
- Imperial Heights Park: 10.4 mi
- Scout Park: 10.6 mi
- Little League & Softball Complex: 10.6 mi
- Multipurpose Fields: 10.7 mi
- Fanning a Twister: 11.1 mi
- Breakin' Through: 11.1 mi
- Wyoming Cowboy: 11.2 mi
- Cowboy Tough: 11.2 mi
- Chief Washakie: 11.6 mi
- The Dark Side: 4.4 mi
- Rat Brain: Fantasia Wall: 17.2 mi
- Skull Rock: 17.2 mi
- The Clamshell: 17.6 mi
- The Coke Bottle: 17.6 mi
- Matthew Shepard Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument: 12.5 mi
- Fort Sanders Guardhouse: 14.3 mi
- Ames Monument: 19.7 mi
- Pope Springs: 12.5 mi
- Soldier Spring: 13.7 mi
- Simpson Springs: 16.1 mi
- Sybille Springs: 19.8 mi
- Laramie Plains Museum: 12.0 mi
- Laramie Historic Railroad Depot and Museum: 12.5 mi
- Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site: 13.0 mi
- "W" Marker: 10.7 mi
- Tree Rock: 19.8 mi
- Sherman Summit: 12.6 mi
- Hecla: 21.5 mi
- Penstemon Garden: 11.7 mi
- Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center: 12.4 mi
- Blair Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
- Hidden Falls: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dirty Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pole Mountain | S 177° | 2,751 m | 12.8 mi |
| Leg Benchmark | S 178° | 2,749 m | 12.7 mi |
| Crow Benchmark | S 189° | 2,708 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pilot Hill | SSW 199° | 2,691 m | 7.8 mi |
| Point Crawford | S 178° | 2,673 m | 14.2 mi |
| Green Mountain | S 174° | 2,651 m | 15.8 mi |
| Twin Mountain | S 172° | 2,632 m | 15.6 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | NNW 333° | 2,618 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:57 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 64 | 58 | 44 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laramie 4SE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1587641 — Dirty Mountain, Albany County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356500599
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