Hooker Peak
Hooker Peak rises to 1,778 m in Wyoming. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037010, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,778 m
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Fish Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Iron Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Black Buttes: 1.3 mi
- Duling Hill: 2.2 mi
- Gypsum Buttes: 3.7 mi
- Sundance White Ranch Park: 7.8 mi
- Baseball Feilds: 7.8 mi
- Sundance Pond Park: 8.0 mi
- Sundance City Park: 8.1 mi
- Washington Park: 8.1 mi
- Tinton: 12.9 mi
- Ragged Top: 20.2 mi
- Carbonate: 21.7 mi
- Trojan: 22.3 mi
- Crown Hill: 22.7 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 17.3 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 18.0 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 21.5 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 21.6 mi
- Lower Windy Pine Falls: 21.8 mi
- Crook County Museum and Art Gallery: 8.3 mi
- The Booth House: 24.2 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 24.3 mi
- Sundance Kid statue: 8.2 mi
- Klondike School: 13.6 mi
- Roadside picnic: 19.1 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Hooker Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | ESE 119° | 2,168 m | 21.0 mi |
| Laird Peak | ESE 115° | 2,089 m | 15.3 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | ENE 77° | 2,034 m | 11.4 mi |
| Warren Peak | NNW 327° | 2,029 m | 14.1 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | ENE 72° | 2,026 m | 11.0 mi |
| Elk Mountain | E 81° | 1,952 m | 20.1 mi |
| Inyan Kara Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,935 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,931 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sundance, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1589665 — Hooker Peak, Crook County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356501755
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