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Haystack Peak

Haystack Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Haystack Peak rises to 3,081 m in Wyoming. Mount Coffin stands 3,427 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Visser Peak, a peak 2.8 miles away. Pioneer Historic Byway passes 10 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Wyoming, United States of America

Wikidata Q49035691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3080.9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.92542, -110.86155

88 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 54
Parks: 15
  • Neighborhood Park: 5.2 mi
  • Fox Run Park: 5.3 mi
  • Fox Run Park: 5.4 mi
  • Fox Run Park: 5.5 mi
  • Unity Park: 6.9 mi
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 5
  • Henderson Overlook Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Murphy Lake Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Periodic Spring Picnic Site: 12.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Lake Group Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Lake Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Springs Hot Sulphur: 9.6 mi
  • Periodic Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Shot Hole Spring: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • World's Largest Elkhorn Arch: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Fairview Landmark: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Menace Falls: 17.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Haystack Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CoffinSSE 151°3,426.6 m24.5 mi
Triple PeakESE 123°3,391.5 m17.0 mi
Triple Peak, SouthESE 124°3,380.2 m17.6 mi
Triple Peak, NorthESE 122°3,349.8 m16.7 mi
Roaring Fork PeakSE 144°3,347.3 m18.6 mi
Mount FitzpatrickSSE 163°3,324.5 m14.6 mi
Hoback PeakNE 53°3,310.7 m18.4 mi
Mount McDougalESE 109°3,286 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5819:36
June solstice05:4520:2321:07
September equinox07:1118:4519:23
December solstice07:5216:0616:53

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172029374754626052412818
Precip in2.52.52.32.33.12.21.11.31.72.12.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford 3 SE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356506229

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