Fortification Mountain
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
- 9.0 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Half Moon Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Photographers Point: 4.8 mi
- Duran Peak: 7.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Guiterrez Peak: 8.2 mi
- Little Brown Point: 4.3 mi
- Stewart Point: 13.0 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- Greeley Point: 15.2 mi
- Granite Peak: 17.8 mi
- 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
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 8.6 mi
- Sommers Homestead Living History Museum: 17.0 mi
- Water slide: 9.5 mi
- North Fork Falls: 12.9 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Peak | NNE 31° | 4,177 m | 12.7 mi |
| Turret Peak | NNE 26° | 4,147 m | 15.1 mi |
| Doublet Peak | NNE 24° | 4,143 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Helen | NNE 25° | 4,128 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | NNE 28° | 4,119 m | 13.2 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | NNE 23° | 4,115 m | 14.7 mi |
| Jackson Peak | NE 35° | 4,114 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Woodrow Wilson | NNE 19° | 4,094 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:19 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:02 | 16:48 |
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, 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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