Dog Tooth Peak
Dog Tooth Peak rises to 3,800 m in Wyoming. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Dog Tooth Peak (12,488 feet (3,806 m)) is located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Dog Tooth Peak sits along the Continental Divide, less than 1 mi (1.6 km) northwest of Big Sandy Mountain.
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Wikidata Q16962147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3800 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mitchell Peak: 0.7 mi
- Big Sandy Mountain: 0.9 mi
- War Bonnet Peak: 1.4 mi
- Warrior Peaks: 1.8 mi
- Lizard Head Peak: 2.0 mi
- Sharks Nose: 2.7 mi
- The Diving Board: 4.0 mi
- Suicide Point: 12.9 mi
- Fair Field: 17.2 mi
- Main Wall: 17.9 mi
- Tayo Park: 8.2 mi
- Sinks Canyon State Park: 18.9 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 21.1 mi
- Pow Wow: 22.3 mi
- Lander Bike Park: 22.9 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 15.7 mi
- North Fork Falls: 18.9 mi
- Bruce's Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- City Park: 23.2 mi
- The Sinks: 19.2 mi
- Wind river Wild Horses Sancuary: 23.3 mi
- Raised Bed Garden: 19.9 mi
- Garden: 21.0 mi
- The Rise: 19.4 mi
- The Lander Pioneer Museum: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Dog Tooth Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | SE 141° | 4,022.1 m | 4.8 mi |
| Temple Peak | S 169° | 3,958 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little El Capitan | SE 140° | 3,908.6 m | 4.3 mi |
| Roberts Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,889 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Lander | NW 321° | 3,846 m | 10.8 mi |
| East Temple Peak | SSE 157° | 3,822 m | 3.9 mi |
| Washakie Peak | NW 315° | 3,811 m | 5.0 mi |
| Lizard Head Peak | NNW 345° | 3,799 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:00 | 16:46 |
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 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lander AP, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1604818 — Dog Tooth Peak, Fremont County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356507264
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