Hunter Peak
Hunter Peak rises to 2,742 m in Wyoming. Castle Mountain stands 3,842 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 4.3 miles away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49038052, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2742 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 4.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 27.5 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Falls · 5 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 5 mi
- Crazy Creek · 7 mi
- Pilot & Index · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Clay Butte: 5.8 mi
- Bird Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Windy Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Kuchunteka’a Toyavi: 6.6 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 5.9 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 16.2 mi
- Impasse Falls: 17.7 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 21.2 mi
- Reef Creek: 5.6 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 20.7 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 12.0 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 5.8 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 23.6 mi
- Willow Park: 10.2 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 17.6 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 16.3 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 16.7 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 17.8 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 18.1 mi
- Wahb spring: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Hunter Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | N 7° | 3,842 m | 16.2 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | NNE 15° | 3,821 m | 15.9 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | N 3° | 3,785 m | 16.0 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | NNE 20° | 3,763 m | 14.3 mi |
| Spirit Mountain | NNE 26° | 3,746 m | 13.4 mi |
| Sundance Mountain | N 10° | 3,728 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Rearguard | NNE 29° | 3,705 m | 14.4 mi |
| Snowbank Mountain | N 356° | 3,661 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:24 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:52 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 55 | 47 | 36 | 23 | 13 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silver Gate, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1600464 — Hunter Peak, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506284
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