Lizard Head Peak
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Lizard Head Peak rises to 3,799 m in Wyoming. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the south-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Camels Hump, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Lizard Head Peak (12,847 feet (3,916 m)) is in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Situated in Shoshone National Forest, Lizard Head Peak is the northeasternmost peak in the Cirque of the Towers, a popular climbing area. Lizard Head Glacier is just WNW of the peak.
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Wikidata Q23950319, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3799 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Camels Hump: 0.7 mi
- Skunk Knob: 1.0 mi
- Mitchell Peak: 1.5 mi
- Pingora Peak: 1.6 mi
- Cirque of the Towers: 1.8 mi
- Sharks Nose: 2.2 mi
- The Diving Board: 6.0 mi
- Suicide Point: 13.1 mi
- Fair Field: 18.0 mi
- Main Wall: 18.6 mi
- Tayo Park: 10.0 mi
- Sinks Canyon State Park: 19.6 mi
- Pow Wow: 21.3 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 21.6 mi
- Lander Bike Park: 23.0 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 16.6 mi
- North Fork Falls: 17.8 mi
- Bruce's Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- City Park: 23.4 mi
- Raised Bed Garden: 19.6 mi
- Garden: 21.5 mi
- The Sinks: 19.9 mi
- Wind river Wild Horses Sancuary: 22.8 mi
- The Rise: 20.0 mi
- The Lander Pioneer Museum: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Lizard Head Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | SSE 148° | 4,022.1 m | 6.6 mi |
| Temple Peak | SSE 168° | 3,958 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little El Capitan | SSE 148° | 3,908.6 m | 6.2 mi |
| Roberts Mountain | NNW 330° | 3,889 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Lander | NW 316° | 3,846 m | 9.1 mi |
| East Temple Peak | SSE 159° | 3,822 m | 5.9 mi |
| Washakie Peak | WNW 298° | 3,811 m | 3.4 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | SSE 165° | 3,800 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:00 | 16:46 |
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 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lander AP, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1601064 — Lizard Head Peak, Fremont County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506375
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- Lander · 24 mi
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