Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 3,075 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Spanish Point, a cliff 2.6 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039123, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,075 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 11.3 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 23.8 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Powder River Pass information sign · 25 mi
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Loaf Mountain Overlook Observation Site · 26 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dutch Oven Peak: 3.1 mi
- Black Butte: 4.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Crooked Creek Hill: 6.0 mi
- Cement Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 5.6 mi
- Long Park: 8.8 mi
- Battle Park: 9.3 mi
- Coffeen Park: 9.8 mi
- Heidley Park: 11.7 mi
- Spanish Point: 2.6 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Ed Point: 11.4 mi
- Weston Point: 11.5 mi
- Devils Leap: 15.6 mi
- Bull Springs: 14.7 mi
- Reserve Spring: 15.3 mi
- Three Springs: 18.7 mi
- Deer Spring: 19.9 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 20.4 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
- Shell Falls: 14.8 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | ESE 107° | 4,017 m | 11.9 mi |
| Merlon | ESE 107° | 3,975 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | E 101° | 3,942 m | 11.5 mi |
| Kramer Peak | ESE 104° | 3,918 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | ESE 111° | 3,901 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | E 99° | 3,854 m | 12.7 mi |
| Innominate | ESE 102° | 3,853 m | 11.7 mi |
| Hallelujah | E 98° | 3,837 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
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 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1600534 — Iron Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506302
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