Frederick Peak
Frederick Peak rises to 2,888 m in Wyoming. Pilot Peak stands 3,512 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Druid Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49030466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2888 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 22.6 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 19 mi
- Crazy Creek · 21 mi
- Falls · 24 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Druid Peak: 1.8 mi
- Bison Peak: 1.9 mi
- Mount Hornaday: 2.6 mi
- Soda Butte: 4.1 mi
- Barronette Peak: 6.0 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 5.4 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Dunraven Road Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Tower Fall: 9.8 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 18.8 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 20.5 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 20.8 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 4.1 mi
- Devil's Den: 9.8 mi
- Petrified Tree: 12.1 mi
- Frog Rock: 18.3 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 20.6 mi
- Wahb spring: 8.3 mi
- Calcite Springs: 10.0 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 23.9 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 24.1 mi
- Mud Caldron: 24.1 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 24.3 mi
- Churning Caldron: 24.3 mi
- Sour Lake: 24.5 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 23.6 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 13.0 mi
- Willow Park: 18.3 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 11.7 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 13.8 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 14.0 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Frederick Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | ENE 78° | 3,512 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Fox | NE 44° | 3,418 m | 18.5 mi |
| Abiathar Peak | ENE 68° | 3,331 m | 8.5 mi |
| Index Peak | ENE 75° | 3,264 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cutoff Mountain | NNE 28° | 3,251 m | 8.1 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 53° | 3,202 m | 16.2 mi |
| The Thunderer | ESE 105° | 3,199 m | 6.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NNW 341° | 3,197 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:26 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:54 | 16:43 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 60 | 52 | 40 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lamar RS, 3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505738
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 26 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 28 mi
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