Skip to content

Mather Peaks

Mather Peaks, seen from above at true elevation

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q18390267, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3,769 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.32358, -107.14645

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 42
  • 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
Cliffs: 22
  • 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
Springs: 7
Historic sites: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cloud PeakNNW4,017 m4.3 mi
MerlonNNW3,975 m4.1 mi
Mount WoolseyNNW3,942 m5.6 mi
Kramer PeakNNW3,918 m4.8 mi
Bomber South PeakN3,901 m2.8 mi
Sawtooth MountainN3,854 m5.6 mi
InnominateNNW3,853 m5.3 mi
HallelujahN3,837 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:21
June solstice05:2520:1220:57
September equinox06:5618:3019:08
December solstice07:4215:4516:33

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272633414958676556443426
Precip in1.31.42.33.74.72.81.61.32.33.31.51.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Story, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356506448

More peaks in Wyoming

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Mather Peaks.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens