First Peoples Mountain
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First Peoples Mountain rises to 3,217 m in Wyoming. Fortress Mountain stands 3,675 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Stevenson, a peak 1.0 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
First Peoples Mountain (formerly Mount Doane) el. 10,551 feet (3,216 m) is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was formerly named for Lieutenant Gustavus Cheyney Doane, a U.S. Army cavalry officer who escorted the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition into Yellowstone in 1870. During that expedition, Doane and Nathaniel P. Langford ascended several peaks east of Yellowstone Lake. The name was changed to First Peoples Mountain in 2022.
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Wikidata Q6920453, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3217 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Stevenson: 1.0 mi
- Mount Langford: 2.0 mi
- Top Notch Peak: 2.7 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 4.1 mi
- Plenty Coups Peak: 4.2 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Sand Point Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Churning Caldron: 20.2 mi
- Sour Lake: 20.2 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 20.3 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 20.8 mi
- Bluebell Spring: 20.9 mi
- Terrace Point: 6.2 mi
- Signal Point: 6.9 mi
- Park Point: 7.5 mi
- Elk Point: 8.1 mi
- Plover Point: 10.2 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 11.0 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 20.2 mi
- Mud Caldron: 20.3 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 20.4 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 20.5 mi
- Eagle Pass: 9.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 17.1 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 17.8 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 20.2 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 20.9 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 10.3 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 10.3 mi
- Basin Creek: 22.5 mi
- Basin Creek: 22.5 mi
- Basin Creek: 22.6 mi
- Plateau Falls: 18.1 mi
- Fire Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of First Peoples Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortress Mountain | ESE 107° | 3,675 m | 18.1 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | ESE 118° | 3,591 m | 18.0 mi |
| Ishawooa Cone | SE 128° | 3,576 m | 21.0 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | SE 129° | 3,549 m | 17.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | SE 124° | 3,469 m | 11.0 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SE 137° | 3,460 m | 8.8 mi |
| Chaos Mountain | SE 129° | 3,455 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sheep Mesa | ESE 104° | 3,413 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:25 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 57 | 49 | 37 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone NP E ENT, 9 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1599277 — First Peoples Mountain, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506057
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- Yellowstone National Park · 24 mi
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