Joseph Peak
Joseph Peak rises to 3,176 m in Wyoming. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Joseph Peak is a mountain peak in the southern section of the Gallatin Range in Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It was named for Chief Joseph. It has an elevation of 10,420 feet (3,180 m).
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Wikidata Q8531055, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3176 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gray Peak: 1.0 mi
- Little Quadrant Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Electric Peak: 4.0 mi
- Quadrant Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Bannock Peak: 4.7 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 8.3 mi
- Cupid Spring: 8.7 mi
- New Blue Spring: 8.7 mi
- Dryad Springs: 8.7 mi
- Canary Spring: 8.8 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 8.8 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 9.9 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 10.0 mi
- Osprey Falls: 10.2 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
- Willow Park: 9.5 mi
- Arch Park: 9.9 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 18.0 mi
- Rustic Falls: 8.0 mi
- Undine Falls: 12.1 mi
- Wraith Falls: 12.9 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 20.6 mi
- Gibbon Falls: 21.8 mi
- Trilobite Point: 10.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 10.1 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 12.3 mi
- Bijah Springs: 15.6 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 16.2 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 16.2 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 16.3 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 16.3 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 17.8 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 18.3 mi
- Museum of the Yellowstone: 23.3 mi
- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center: 23.4 mi
- Aldridge: 10.9 mi
- Honoring Veterans: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Joseph Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | NE 36° | 3,341 m | 4.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 40° | 3,189 m | 13.9 mi |
| Redstreak Peak | W 260° | 3,151 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Holmes | S 172° | 3,149 m | 9.8 mi |
| Gray Peak | S 173° | 3,139 m | 1.0 mi |
| Bannock Peak | S 173° | 3,137 m | 4.7 mi |
| White Peak | WSW 258° | 3,121 m | 15.9 mi |
| Ramshorn Peak | NW 323° | 3,113 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:57 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 41 | 29 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone Park Mammoth, 9 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356502154
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 10 mi
- West Yellowstone · 23 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 29 mi
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