Half Moon Mountain
Half Moon Mountain rises to 2,652 m in Wyoming. Fremont Peak stands 4,177 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fortification Mountain, a peak 4.3 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034568, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,652 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Fortification Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Photographers Point: 8.6 mi
- Ruby Hill: 9.2 mi
- Mount Airy: 10.0 mi
- Mount Baldy: 10.1 mi
- Burzlander Park: 6.1 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 6.5 mi
- Wrangler Park: 6.6 mi
- Boyd Skinner Park: 6.8 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 6.8 mi
- Little Brown Point: 4.5 mi
- Stewart Point: 10.2 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Greeley Point: 19.6 mi
- Granite Peak: 22.1 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 6.0 mi
- Sommers Homestead Living History Museum: 14.1 mi
- North Fork Falls: 11.1 mi
- Water slide: 13.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Half Moon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Peak | NNE 23° | 4,177 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Helen | NNE 19° | 4,128 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | NNE 21° | 4,119 m | 17.1 mi |
| Jackson Peak | NNE 26° | 4,114 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Woodrow Wilson | NNE 14° | 4,094 m | 18.7 mi |
| The Sphinx | NNE 15° | 4,024 m | 18.6 mi |
| American Legion Peak | NNE 13° | 4,002 m | 17.2 mi |
| Miriam Peak | NNE 16° | 3,994 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:19 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:02 | 16:48 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 26 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinedale, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1600170 — Half Moon Mountain, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506213
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