Elephant Head
Elephant Head rises to 3,710 m in Wyoming. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrower Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027581, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,710 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Harrower Peak: 0.8 mi
- Mount Lester: 1.7 mi
- Knife Point Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Jackson Peak: 2.2 mi
- Fremont Peak: 2.5 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 3.5 mi
- Little Brown Point: 10.5 mi
- Greeley Point: 11.1 mi
- Granite Peak: 12.4 mi
- White Rock: 15.7 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 19.5 mi
- Burzlander Park: 19.6 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 19.6 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 19.9 mi
- Wrangler Park: 20.0 mi
- Water slide: 2.7 mi
- North Fork Falls: 15.4 mi
- Bomber Falls: 20.2 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 19.5 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Elephant Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | NNW 342° | 4,206 m | 7.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | N 351° | 4,177 m | 2.5 mi |
| Turret Peak | N 355° | 4,147 m | 5.3 mi |
| Doublet Peak | N 349° | 4,143 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Helen | NNW 346° | 4,128 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | NNW 347° | 4,119 m | 3.4 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | NNW 348° | 4,115 m | 5.3 mi |
| Jackson Peak | N 9° | 4,114 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 26 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinedale, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506090
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