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Fortification Mountain

Fortification Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fortification Mountain rises to 2,843 m in Wyoming. Fremont Peak stands 4,177 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Brown Point, a cliff 4.3 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Wyoming, United States of America

Wikidata Q49030085, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2843 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.96800, -109.74793

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 7
Parks: 7
  • Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 8.7 mi
  • Burzlander Park: 8.7 mi
  • Split Diamond Park: 8.8 mi
  • Trails Creek Park: 9.0 mi
  • Wrangler Park: 9.2 mi
Museums: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Water slide: 9.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Gypsum Spring: 21.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Fortification Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fremont PeakNNE 31°4,177 m12.7 mi
Turret PeakNNE 26°4,147 m15.1 mi
Doublet PeakNNE 24°4,143 m14.8 mi
Mount HelenNNE 25°4,128 m14.0 mi
Mount SacagaweaNNE 28°4,119 m13.2 mi
Dinwoody PeakNNE 23°4,115 m14.7 mi
Jackson PeakNE 35°4,114 m12.8 mi
Mount Woodrow WilsonNNE 19°4,094 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5419:31
June solstice05:4120:1921:02
September equinox07:0718:4119:18
December solstice07:4816:0216:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151727374655615951402616
Precip in0.70.80.71.11.91.40.91.01.20.90.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinedale, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1599802 — Fortification Mountain, Sublette County, Wyoming.

OpenStreetMap element node/356506138

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