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Gold Hill

Gold Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Gold Hill rises to 3,087 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the east, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Lookout, a historic site 2.6 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3087 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.35247, -106.37808

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 6
  • Chimney Park: 8.2 mi
  • Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 23.0 mi
  • Veterans Island Park: 23.1 mi
  • Pelton Park: 23.5 mi
  • Japanese Gardens: 23.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 19.0 mi
  • Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Gold Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medicine Bow PeakE 80°3,639 m3.2 mi
Gap PointENE 67°3,585 m4.2 mi
Browns PeakENE 73°3,567 m5.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 86°3,472 m3.8 mi
Rock Creek KnollENE 63°3,391 m8.1 mi
Elk MountainNNW 338°3,390 m20.9 mi
Silver BenchmarkSSE 149°3,318 m2.7 mi
Kennaday PeakNW 314°3,290 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:18
June solstice05:3320:0120:43
September equinox06:5418:2819:04
December solstice07:2915:5516:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232431374656626053423023

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centennial 1NE, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1599963 — Gold Hill, Carbon County, Wyoming.

OpenStreetMap element node/356506163

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