Harrower Peak
Harrower Peak rises to 3,935 m in Wyoming. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Elephant Head, a peak 0.8 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Harrower Peak (13,057 ft (3,980 m)) is located in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming, and it is the 28th tallest mountain in the state. Harrower Peak is in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest and the Harrower Glacier is less than .50 mi (0.80 km) northeast of the peak. Harrower Peak is named after the late James King Harrower of Pinedale, Wyoming, who was a prominent wilderness and wildlife advocate, forest ranger, game warden, and regional historian.
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Wikidata Q16892114, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3935 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Elephant Head: 0.8 mi
- Knife Point Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Jackson Peak: 1.8 mi
- Fremont Peak: 2.4 mi
- Mount Lester: 2.4 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 2.7 mi
- Little Brown Point: 11.2 mi
- Greeley Point: 11.5 mi
- Granite Peak: 12.7 mi
- White Rock: 15.9 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 20.3 mi
- Burzlander Park: 20.4 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 20.4 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 20.7 mi
- Wrangler Park: 20.8 mi
- Water slide: 3.5 mi
- North Fork Falls: 15.6 mi
- Bomber Falls: 19.8 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 20.3 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Harrower Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | NNW 335° | 4,206 m | 6.9 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NNW 331° | 4,177 m | 2.4 mi |
| Turret Peak | NNW 346° | 4,147 m | 5.0 mi |
| Doublet Peak | NNW 340° | 4,143 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Helen | NNW 335° | 4,128 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | NNW 333° | 4,119 m | 3.3 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | NNW 339° | 4,115 m | 5.1 mi |
| Jackson Peak | NNW 347° | 4,114 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:01 | 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 | 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, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1608719 — Harrower Peak, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356510998
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