Indian Peak
Indian Peak rises to 3,329 m in Wyoming. Dead Indian Peak stands 3,703 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoodoo Peak, a peak 3.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Park County, Wyoming, United States
Wikidata Q49038710, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3329 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 19.7 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crazy Creek · 12 mi
- Pilot & Index · 13 mi
- Falls · 13 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoodoo Peak: 3.0 mi
- Parker Peak: 4.2 mi
- Hurricane Mesa: 5.4 mi
- Lamar Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Lamar Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Reef Creek: 15.0 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 15.7 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 22.7 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 16.5 mi
- Impasse Falls: 24.1 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 18.3 mi
- The Palisades: 22.3 mi
- Willow Park: 13.2 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 17.5 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 16.0 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 16.2 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 16.5 mi
- Fire Memorial: 22.7 mi
- Wahb spring: 13.2 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 17.2 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Indian Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Indian Peak | SE 135° | 3,703 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pilot Peak | N 354° | 3,512 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | S 178° | 3,408 m | 17.5 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | SE 142° | 3,403 m | 14.1 mi |
| Geers Point | SE 129° | 3,401 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SSE 152° | 3,399 m | 14.0 mi |
| Pollux Peak | SSW 206° | 3,348 m | 8.5 mi |
| Notch Mountain | SSW 202° | 3,332 m | 10.9 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 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
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 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooke City 2 W, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506295
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