Elk Mountain
Elk Mountain rises to 3,437 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49027822, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3437 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 14.9 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Powder River Pass information sign · 16 mi
- Loaf Mountain Overlook Observation Site · 17 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nunatak Point: 3.7 mi
- Near Miss Pinnacles: 5.1 mi
- Cement Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Turning Point: 5.3 mi
- Cloud Peak: 5.3 mi
- Long Park: 2.1 mi
- Battle Park: 4.2 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 4.6 mi
- Bellyache Flats: 4.7 mi
- Medicine Park: 5.6 mi
- Ed Point: 4.8 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Spanish Point: 11.9 mi
- Cobra: 12.5 mi
- Tilt-A-Wall: 12.6 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 15.8 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 16.6 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 18.0 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 18.1 mi
- Moses Spring: 18.4 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 22.8 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 22.9 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 24.6 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 24.6 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 22.2 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 23.6 mi
- Shell Falls: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Elk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | NE 54° | 4,017 m | 5.3 mi |
| Merlon | NE 56° | 3,975 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | NE 43° | 3,942 m | 6.1 mi |
| Kramer Peak | NE 50° | 3,918 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | ENE 71° | 3,901 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NE 49° | 3,854 m | 7.2 mi |
| Innominate | NE 45° | 3,853 m | 6.0 mi |
| Hallelujah | NE 42° | 3,837 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:13 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 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/356506095
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