King Mountain
King Mountain rises to 2,610 m in Wyoming. Pole Mountain stands 2,751 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49041707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,610 m
How to reach it
123 named places within 25 miles
- Big Hill: 2.2 mi
- Quartzite 2 Benchmark: 3.2 mi
- Dirty Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Lake Hill: 5.0 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Kiowa Park: 11.3 mi
- O'Dell Mini Park: 11.7 mi
- Scout Park: 11.8 mi
- Little League & Softball Complex: 11.9 mi
- Multipurpose Fields: 12.1 mi
- Fanning a Twister: 12.4 mi
- Cowboy Tough: 12.5 mi
- Breakin' Through: 12.5 mi
- Wyoming Cowboy: 12.6 mi
- T-Rex: 12.8 mi
- The Dark Side: 6.0 mi
- Rat Brain: Fantasia Wall: 21.3 mi
- Skull Rock: 21.3 mi
- The Clamshell: 21.8 mi
- The Coke Bottle: 21.8 mi
- Matthew Shepard Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Fort Sanders Guardhouse: 15.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument: 16.3 mi
- Ames Monument: 23.8 mi
- Pope Springs: 14.8 mi
- Sybille Springs: 15.3 mi
- Soldier Spring: 16.1 mi
- Simpson Springs: 18.5 mi
- Laramie Plains Museum: 13.0 mi
- Laramie Historic Railroad Depot and Museum: 13.5 mi
- Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site: 13.7 mi
- "W" Marker: 11.6 mi
- Tree Rock: 24.1 mi
- Penstemon Garden: 12.8 mi
- Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center: 16.2 mi
- Sherman Summit: 16.3 mi
- Blair Picnic Site: 19.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of King Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pole Mountain | SSE 168° | 2,751 m | 16.9 mi |
| Leg Benchmark | S 169° | 2,749 m | 16.8 mi |
| Crow Benchmark | S 178° | 2,708 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pilot Hill | S 179° | 2,691 m | 11.2 mi |
| Point Crawford | S 170° | 2,673 m | 18.3 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSE 167° | 2,651 m | 20.0 mi |
| Twin Mountain | SSE 166° | 2,632 m | 19.9 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | NNW 340° | 2,618 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 61 | 53 | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laramie 2 NW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356502195
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