Haystack Mountain
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Haystack Mountain rises to 3,646 m in Wyoming. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the southeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Sandy Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Haystack Mountain is an 11,978-foot-elevation (3,651-meter) mountain summit located in Sublette County of Wyoming, United States.
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Wikidata Q49035675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,646 m
How to reach it
97 named places within 25 miles
- Big Sandy Mountain: 1.5 mi
- East Temple Peak: 1.5 mi
- Schiestler Peak: 1.8 mi
- Little El Capitan: 2.1 mi
- Temple Peak: 2.3 mi
- The Diving Board: 1.7 mi
- Sharks Nose: 4.8 mi
- Suicide Point: 12.5 mi
- Fair Field: 16.1 mi
- Main Wall: 16.8 mi
- Tayo Park: 6.1 mi
- Sinks Canyon State Park: 17.9 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 20.3 mi
- Lander Bike Park: 22.5 mi
- Popo Agie Park: 22.6 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 14.4 mi
- North Fork Falls: 20.8 mi
- Bruce's Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- City Park: 22.6 mi
- The Sinks: 18.1 mi
- Wind river Wild Horses Sancuary: 23.5 mi
- The Rise: 18.4 mi
- Raised Bed Garden: 20.0 mi
- The Lander Pioneer Museum: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | SE 130° | 4,022 m | 2.5 mi |
| Temple Peak | S 186° | 3,958 m | 2.3 mi |
| Little El Capitan | SE 125° | 3,909 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Lander | NW 323° | 3,846 m | 13.2 mi |
| East Temple Peak | SSE 161° | 3,822 m | 1.5 mi |
| Washakie Peak | NW 321° | 3,811 m | 7.3 mi |
| Atlantic Peak | SE 133° | 3,808 m | 11.6 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | NNW 333° | 3,800 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:01 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 25 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lander AP, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506228
Day trips start here
- Lander · 23 mi
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