Gannett Peak
Gannett Peak rises to 4,206 m in Wyoming. Fremont Peak stands 4,177 m to the south-southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Koven, a peak 0.7 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Gannett Peak is the highest mountain peak in the U.S. state of Wyoming at 13,810 ft (4,210 m). It lies in the Wind River Range within the Bridger Wilderness of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Straddling the Continental Divide along the boundary between Fremont and Sublette counties, it has the second greatest topographic prominence in the state (7,076 ft; 2,157 m) after Cloud Peak (7,077 ft; 2,157 m), and is the highest ground for 290.36 mi (467.29 km) in any direction.
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Wikidata Q1493617, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4206 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Koven: 0.7 mi
- West Sentinel: 1.0 mi
- Mount Woodrow Wilson: 1.2 mi
- The Sphinx: 1.3 mi
- Rampart Peak: 1.4 mi
- Salt Barrels Park: 20.7 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 23.8 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 23.8 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 24.1 mi
- Burzlander Park: 24.1 mi
- Greeley Point: 6.5 mi
- Granite Peak: 6.6 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- White Rock: 9.5 mi
- Little Brown Point: 16.7 mi
- Water slide: 6.5 mi
- Bomber Falls: 13.9 mi
- North Fork Falls: 22.4 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- National Museum of Military Vehicles: 21.5 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 24.0 mi
- Dubois Museum: 24.4 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 17.9 mi
- National BigHorn Sheep Center: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Gannett Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Peak | SSE 156° | 4,177 m | 4.5 mi |
| Turret Peak | SE 127° | 4,147 m | 2.2 mi |
| Doublet Peak | SE 140° | 4,143 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Helen | SSE 153° | 4,128 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | SSE 156° | 4,119 m | 3.6 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | SE 142° | 4,115 m | 1.8 mi |
| Jackson Peak | SSE 150° | 4,114 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bastion Peak | NNW 340° | 4,103 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:00 | 16:47 |
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 | 25 | 26 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 43 | 32 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burris, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1599903 — Gannett Peak, Fremont County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506158
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