Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain rises to 3,124 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the south-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Mountain, a peak 4.5 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,124 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Libby Flats Observation Point · 11 mi
62 named places within 25 miles
- Rock Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Windy Hill: 4.7 mi
- Conical Peak: 4.8 mi
- Woolf Benchmark: 5.8 mi
- Deer Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 9.4 mi
- Fire Lookout: 10.7 mi
- United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque: 10.9 mi
- Sederlin Slide: 7.8 mi
- Foote Creek Rim: 22.1 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 15.6 mi
- Chimney Park: 16.7 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Wagonhound Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lookout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | SSW 200° | 3,639 m | 9.8 mi |
| Gap Point | SSW 198° | 3,585 m | 8.6 mi |
| Browns Peak | S 191° | 3,567 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 196° | 3,472 m | 9.9 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | S 173° | 3,391 m | 6.2 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NW 304° | 3,390 m | 17.1 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | SSW 203° | 3,318 m | 13.1 mi |
| Kennaday Peak | WSW 258° | 3,290 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 42 | 30 | 23 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centennial 1NE, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1601124 — Lookout Mountain, Carbon County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506384
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