Monument Hill
Monument Hill rises to 1,952 m in Wyoming. Pilot Butte stands 2,423 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Trails Picnic Grounds, a park 0.9 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051183, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,952 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
61 named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Trails Picnic Grounds: 0.9 mi
- Sweetwater County Picnic Grounds: 11.3 mi
- Thomas Moran Park: 13.7 mi
- Hutton Park: 14.7 mi
- Island Park: 14.8 mi
- Beacon Light Hill: 12.0 mi
- The Towers: 13.8 mi
- Lombard Buttes: 15.2 mi
- Pilot Butte: 15.7 mi
- Whiskey Buttes: 17.8 mi
- Blue Rim: 7.3 mi
- Blue Point: 10.9 mi
- The Bluffs: 11.4 mi
- The Palisades: 12.5 mi
- Tollgate Rock: 13.3 mi
- US Army Tank: 23.7 mi
- US Air Force Jet: 23.7 mi
- Sweetwater County Historical Museum: 14.6 mi
- Powell Colorado River Expedition: 14.7 mi
- M60: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monument Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Butte | ESE 102° | 2,423 m | 15.7 mi |
| White Mountain | ESE 115° | 2,321 m | 18.7 mi |
| Wilkins Peak | SE 131° | 2,295 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sand Knolls | NE 43° | 2,156 m | 22.2 mi |
| Whalen Butte | SSE 146° | 2,087 m | 18.1 mi |
| Clay Buttes | NNE 31° | 2,031 m | 18.9 mi |
| Whiskey Buttes | WNW 298° | 2,021 m | 17.8 mi |
| Massacre Hill | S 178° | 1,980 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:15 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:07 | 16:52 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Green RVR, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1591704 — Monument Hill, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356502651
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