Little Saddle Mountain
Little Saddle Mountain rises to 3,114 m in Wyoming. Sleeping Giant Mountain stands 3,408 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hague Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,114 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 20 mi
- Crazy Creek · 21 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 25 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hague Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Castor Peak: 4.4 mi
- Pollux Peak: 5.0 mi
- Grant Peak: 6.1 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 16.4 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Holmes Point: 17.7 mi
- Steamboat Point: 18.2 mi
- Storm Point: 18.8 mi
- Elk Point: 20.7 mi
- The Palisades: 20.8 mi
- Wahb spring: 9.6 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 18.1 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 21.0 mi
- Mud Caldron: 21.1 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 21.1 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 21.3 mi
- Tower Fall: 22.4 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 23.5 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 23.6 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 13.8 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 19.1 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 21.1 mi
- Devil's Den: 22.4 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 23.6 mi
- Churning Caldron: 21.2 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 21.2 mi
- Sour Lake: 21.3 mi
- Fire Memorial: 21.5 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 21.6 mi
- Willow Park: 20.7 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 21.3 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 22.3 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Little Saddle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | SE 145° | 3,408 m | 15.0 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | ESE 109° | 3,403 m | 17.8 mi |
| Geers Point | E 91° | 3,401 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ESE 116° | 3,399 m | 16.3 mi |
| Pollux Peak | ESE 119° | 3,348 m | 5.0 mi |
| Notch Mountain | SE 140° | 3,332 m | 6.4 mi |
| Abiathar Peak | N 358° | 3,331 m | 18.9 mi |
| Indian Peak | ENE 57° | 3,329 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:55 | 16:43 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahaska, 14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1601033 — Little Saddle Mountain, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506369
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 27 mi
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