Grant Peak
Grant Peak rises to 3,307 m in Wyoming. Dead Indian Peak stands 3,703 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Notch Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,307 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 23.0 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crazy Creek · 23 mi
- Pilot & Index · 24 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 26 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Notch Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Castor Peak: 1.9 mi
- Pollux Peak: 2.7 mi
- Land Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Moose Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 15.4 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Clearwater Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- The Palisades: 14.7 mi
- Holmes Point: 18.3 mi
- Steamboat Point: 18.6 mi
- Storm Point: 19.9 mi
- Elk Point: 20.0 mi
- Wahb spring: 15.7 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 18.6 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 23.9 mi
- Mud Caldron: 23.9 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 23.9 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 19.9 mi
- Eagle Pass: 21.3 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 21.5 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 24.0 mi
- Churning Caldron: 24.0 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 24.0 mi
- Sour Lake: 24.1 mi
- Willow Park: 24.1 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 24.7 mi
- Fire Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Grant Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Indian Peak | E 95° | 3,703 m | 16.6 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | SE 145° | 3,408 m | 9.0 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | E 94° | 3,403 m | 13.3 mi |
| Geers Point | ENE 68° | 3,401 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 101° | 3,399 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pollux Peak | NNE 19° | 3,348 m | 2.7 mi |
| Howell Mountain | S 176° | 3,342 m | 17.9 mi |
| Notch Mountain | E 86° | 3,332 m | 0.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:25 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:55 | 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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahaska, 9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1600037 — Grant Peak, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506176
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- Yellowstone National Park · 30 mi
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