Elephant Foot
Elephant Foot rises to 2,439 m in Wyoming. Cross Creek Peak stands 3,584 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tongue Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027566, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,439 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 27.4 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 23 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
120 named places within 25 miles
- Tongue Butte: 0.8 mi
- Horseshoe Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Big Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Fallen City: 2.7 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Deer Park: 5.2 mi
- Walker Prairie: 6.0 mi
- Sheridan County Big Game Winter Range: 6.6 mi
- Shutts Flats: 7.9 mi
- Scott Bicentennial Park: 8.0 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 14.9 mi
- Three Springs: 15.7 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 18.8 mi
- Bull Springs: 19.0 mi
- Wolf Springs: 20.6 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Weston Point: 13.5 mi
- Riley Point: 14.4 mi
- Spanish Point: 24.0 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 24.3 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 16.8 mi
- Trail End State Historic Site: 17.0 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 17.1 mi
- Sheridan County Museum: 18.3 mi
- Black Diamond Trail Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Wyoming information Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 16.8 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 18.6 mi
- Shell Falls: 19.5 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elephant Foot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Creek Peak | SSE 166° | 3,584 m | 22.5 mi |
| Panoram Point | SSE 168° | 3,536 m | 25.0 mi |
| Spear Peak | S 176° | 3,517 m | 21.9 mi |
| Elk Peak | S 184° | 3,352 m | 15.4 mi |
| Dutch Oven Peak | S 185° | 3,321 m | 21.8 mi |
| Little Goose Spire | SSE 156° | 3,308 m | 22.0 mi |
| Dome Peak | SSW 197° | 3,294 m | 12.5 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | S 184° | 3,217 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:14 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:43 | 16:32 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356500939
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