Mather Peaks
Mather Peaks rises to 3,769 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the north-northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Medicine Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 10.0 miles off.
The story
Mather Peaks (elevation range is 12,404 to 12,444 feet (3,781 to 3,793 m)) is located in the Bighorn Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the sixth highest in the range and it is in the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest. Mather Peaks is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Darton Peak and 3.2 mi (5.1 km) south of Bomber Mountain.
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Wikidata Q18390267, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3769 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 20.6 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Loaf Mountain Overlook Observation Site · 11 mi
- Powder River Pass information sign · 12 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bomber South Peak: 2.8 mi
- Bomber Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Darton Peak: 3.8 mi
- Merlon: 4.1 mi
- Glacier View Point: 4.1 mi
- Medicine Park: 1.1 mi
- Medicine Cabin Park: 1.2 mi
- Elk Park: 4.6 mi
- Bear Park: 6.5 mi
- Deer Park: 6.6 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Ed Point: 9.0 mi
- Cobra: 12.3 mi
- Tilt-A-Wall: 12.4 mi
- Full Charge Crag: 12.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 10.2 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 11.0 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 12.4 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 12.4 mi
- Mosier Springs: 12.9 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 21.3 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 22.1 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 23.2 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 23.2 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 24.9 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 20.4 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 21.4 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 22.8 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Mather Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | NNW 341° | 4,017 m | 4.3 mi |
| Merlon | NNW 343° | 3,975 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | NNW 344° | 3,942 m | 5.6 mi |
| Kramer Peak | NNW 346° | 3,918 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | N 357° | 3,901 m | 2.8 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | N 358° | 3,854 m | 5.6 mi |
| Innominate | NNW 345° | 3,853 m | 5.3 mi |
| Hallelujah | N 349° | 3,837 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:12 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 33 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Story, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506448
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