Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 2,211 m in Wyoming. Near Miss Pinnacles stands 3,589 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49037389, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2211 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Hill: 0.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Elephant Head Rock: 3.5 mi
- Table Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Red Butte: 4.1 mi
- Long Park: 5.8 mi
- Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: 10.3 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 15.5 mi
- Shutts Flats: 16.5 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Reserve Spring: 1.3 mi
- Bull Springs: 3.3 mi
- Deer Spring: 5.8 mi
- Wolf Springs: 6.7 mi
- Wolf Springs: 6.7 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Devils Leap: 6.7 mi
- Spanish Point: 12.7 mi
- Weston Point: 18.5 mi
- Riley Point: 23.1 mi
- Shell Falls: 2.8 mi
- Porcupine Falls: 24.3 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 20.4 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 21.6 mi
- Caboose: 20.2 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 22.8 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near Miss Pinnacles | ESE 116° | 3,589 m | 24.4 mi |
| Cross Creek Peak | ESE 108° | 3,584 m | 23.5 mi |
| Five Fingers | ESE 115° | 3,572 m | 24.6 mi |
| Panoram Point | ESE 114° | 3,536 m | 24.3 mi |
| Spear Peak | ESE 111° | 3,517 m | 19.8 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SE 128° | 3,437 m | 24.6 mi |
| Elk Peak | E 93° | 3,352 m | 15.8 mi |
| Dutch Oven Peak | ESE 115° | 3,321 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:15 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:46 | 16:34 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1589707 — Horse Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356501792
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