Little Sheep Mountain
Little Sheep Mountain rises to 1,568 m in Wyoming. Bald Mountain stands 3,062 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Katys Nipple, a peak 4.0 miles away. Medicine Wheel Passage passes 14 miles off. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045534, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,568 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 27.2 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Creek Overlook · 16 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 24 mi
41 named places within 25 miles
- Katys Nipple: 4.0 mi
- Sykes Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Mexican Hill: 14.6 mi
- Yellow Hill: 16.2 mi
- Mason-Lovell Ranch: 5.5 mi
- Train Engine: 7.7 mi
- Ewing-Snell Ranch: 20.0 mi
- Hillsboro: 21.2 mi
- Caboose: 23.4 mi
- Byron Memorial Park: 11.8 mi
- Byron Park: 12.1 mi
- Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range: 18.2 mi
- Homesteader Park: 23.9 mi
- Pioneer Park: 24.2 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 21.4 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 23.3 mi
- Homesteader Museum: 24.5 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 16.7 mi
- Two Eagles Interpretive Trail: 19.3 mi
- Porcupine Falls: 17.4 mi
- Bucking Mule Falls: 17.9 mi
- Kane: 4.4 mi
- Petes Spring: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | E 91° | 3,062 m | 20.9 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | E 85° | 3,038 m | 17.6 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | E 94° | 3,020 m | 23.6 mi |
| Duncum Mountain | ENE 75° | 2,993 m | 20.1 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,981 m | 21.1 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | E 83° | 2,894 m | 23.2 mi |
| Cone Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,882 m | 18.9 mi |
| Rooster Hill | E 85° | 2,870 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:18 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:47 | 16:36 |
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 | 19 | 24 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lovell, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356502359
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