Medicine Mountain
Medicine Mountain rises to 3,038 m in Wyoming. Hunt Mountain stands 3,098 m to the southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Medicine Wheel, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Medicine Wheel Passage passes 1.0 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49049096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3038 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 19.1 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 20.6 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Creek Overlook · 2 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Observation Point · 7 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 7 mi
77 named places within 25 miles
- Cone Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Duncum Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Rooster Hill: 4.7 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Bear Spring: 10.7 mi
- Crater Spring: 10.8 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 11.4 mi
- Red Spring: 12.0 mi
- Hidden Spring: 12.3 mi
- Bull Elk Park: 13.5 mi
- Deer Park: 13.6 mi
- Schuler Park: 14.4 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 14.7 mi
- Bull Park: 16.4 mi
- Porcupine Falls: 2.7 mi
- Bucking Mule Falls: 5.7 mi
- Shell Falls: 21.3 mi
- Mason-Lovell Ranch: 12.6 mi
- Caboose: 23.8 mi
- Train Engine: 24.6 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 1.2 mi
- Two Eagles Interpretive Trail: 24.8 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 23.0 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 23.9 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 13.6 mi
- Kane: 14.8 mi
- Riley Point: 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Medicine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Mountain | SE 131° | 3,098 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 118° | 3,062 m | 3.9 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | ESE 117° | 3,020 m | 6.8 mi |
| Duncum Mountain | NNE 29° | 2,993 m | 4.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SE 128° | 2,991 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | N 7° | 2,981 m | 8.6 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | E 79° | 2,894 m | 5.6 mi |
| Cone Mountain | NNE 16° | 2,882 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:17 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:45 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 35 | 25 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burgess Junction, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1591450 — Medicine Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356502579
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