Horseshoe Mountain
Horseshoe Mountain rises to 2,416 m in Wyoming. Cross Creek Peak stands 3,584 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fallen City, a peak 1.4 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,416 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 28.2 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 22 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
117 named places within 25 miles
- Fallen City: 1.4 mi
- Elephant Foot: 1.4 mi
- Tongue Butte: 2.2 mi
- Steamboat Point: 2.4 mi
- Bulls Eye Point: 3.0 mi
- Deer Park: 4.0 mi
- Sheridan County Big Game Winter Range: 5.3 mi
- Scott Bicentennial Park: 7.1 mi
- Walker Prairie: 7.3 mi
- Shutts Flats: 7.5 mi
- Three Springs: 15.7 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 16.2 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 18.3 mi
- Bull Springs: 19.4 mi
- Wolf Springs: 20.5 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Trail End State Historic Site: 17.5 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 17.8 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 18.3 mi
- Sheridan County Museum: 18.8 mi
- Riley Point: 13.2 mi
- Weston Point: 14.9 mi
- Spanish Point: 25.0 mi
- Black Diamond Trail Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Wyoming information Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 17.3 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 17.5 mi
- Shell Falls: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horseshoe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Creek Peak | SSE 165° | 3,584 m | 23.8 mi |
| Spear Peak | S 175° | 3,517 m | 23.2 mi |
| Elk Peak | S 182° | 3,352 m | 16.6 mi |
| Dutch Oven Peak | S 183° | 3,321 m | 23.0 mi |
| Little Goose Spire | SSE 156° | 3,308 m | 23.4 mi |
| Dome Peak | SSW 193° | 3,294 m | 13.5 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | S 182° | 3,217 m | 15.9 mi |
| Black Rib | S 174° | 3,187 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:14 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:43 | 16:32 |
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 | 25 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1589738 — Horseshoe Mountain, Sheridan County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356501802
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