Index Peak
Index Peak rises to 3,264 m in Wyoming. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Index Peak, el. 10,709 feet (3,264 m), is a prominent mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Park County, Wyoming. The peak is visible from US Route 212, the Beartooth Highway just east of the Northeast Entrance Station to Yellowstone National Park. Pilot Peak rises just south of Index Peak.
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Wikidata Q23018420, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,264 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 8.4 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 4 mi
- Crazy Creek · 6 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 13 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Peak: 0.7 mi
- Republic Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Republic Peak: 4.0 mi
- Rock Island Butte: 4.6 mi
- Jim Smith Peak: 4.9 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Impasse Falls: 11.5 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 14.2 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 21.0 mi
- Calamity Falls: 21.5 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 10.4 mi
- Reef Creek: 18.6 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 12.9 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 15.1 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 3.0 mi
- Willow Park: 3.3 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 3.4 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 5.0 mi
- Wahb spring: 16.0 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 22.0 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Index Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NNE 17° | 3,904 m | 12.8 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NNE 15° | 3,882 m | 13.0 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | NNE 20° | 3,791 m | 13.3 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | NE 55° | 3,785 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Peal | NNE 24° | 3,778 m | 13.2 mi |
| Glacier Peak | N 9° | 3,762 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Villard | NNE 13° | 3,735 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cairn Mountain | NNE 20° | 3,725 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:53 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356511230
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