Fox Mountain
Fox Mountain rises to 1,383 m in Wyoming. Bruce Mountain stands 3,148 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite, a park 3.5 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Big Horn County in Wyoming, USA
Wikidata Q49030369, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1383 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 5.7 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Observation Point · 19 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 19 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 20 mi
49 named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Red Butte: 10.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Horse Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Elephant Head Rock: 12.0 mi
- Reserve Spring: 12.8 mi
- Deer Spring: 13.7 mi
- Wolf Springs: 14.1 mi
- Wolf Springs: 14.1 mi
- Wolf Springs: 14.1 mi
- Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: 3.5 mi
- Long Park: 14.7 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 23.8 mi
- Devils Leap: 7.9 mi
- Spanish Point: 21.0 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 8.8 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 10.4 mi
- Caboose: 8.7 mi
- Shell Falls: 14.5 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fox Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mountain | ENE 68° | 3,148 m | 23.1 mi |
| Hunt Mountain | NNE 20° | 3,098 m | 17.3 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 100° | 3,075 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 6° | 3,062 m | 20.8 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | N 357° | 3,038 m | 22.5 mi |
| Antelope Butte | ENE 71° | 3,027 m | 19.9 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | NNE 14° | 3,020 m | 20.0 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | ENE 57° | 2,991 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:16 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:47 | 16:35 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1588708 — Fox Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356501297
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