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Lake Mountain

Lake Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Lake Mountain rises to 2,968 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2968 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.14053, -106.13890

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Parks: 1
  • Pelton Park: 10.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Lake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medicine Bow PeakNNW 329°3,639 m17.8 mi
Gap PointNNW 332°3,585 m18.4 mi
Browns PeakNNW 335°3,567 m17.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 330°3,472 m17.2 mi
Rock Creek KnollNNW 344°3,391 m19.0 mi
Silver BenchmarkNW 318°3,318 m16.6 mi
Shipman MountainS 172°3,294 m21.8 mi
Woolf BenchmarkN 356°3,245 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3320:0020:41
September equinox06:5318:2719:03
December solstice07:2715:5516:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232431374656626053423023

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centennial 1NE, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356506334

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