Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 2,437 m in Wyoming. Bridger Peak stands 3,341 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Horse Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037390, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,437 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Horse Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Battle Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Camel Back Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Bible Back Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Cottonwood Rim: 9.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Deep Creek Rim: 15.0 mi
- The Bluffs: 17.1 mi
- Rendle Rim: 22.0 mi
- Fletcher Park: 13.8 mi
- Standard Park: 18.1 mi
- Long Park: 19.7 mi
- Huston Park: 20.1 mi
- Hog Park: 24.0 mi
- Stemp Spring: 6.7 mi
- fire lookout: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridger Peak | ENE 58° | 3,341 m | 19.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | S 188° | 3,299 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Oliphant | S 187° | 3,248 m | 15.7 mi |
| West Bears Ears Peak | SSE 165° | 3,224 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Welba | S 189° | 3,222 m | 14.4 mi |
| Buck Point | S 185° | 3,209 m | 14.9 mi |
| East Bears Ears Peak | SSE 164° | 3,199 m | 19.0 mi |
| Nipple Peak | SE 126° | 3,152 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:01 | 16:45 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baggs, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1600419 — Horse Mountain, Carbon County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506269
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