Mount Bonneville
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Mount Bonneville rises to 3,730 m in Wyoming. Roberts Mountain stands 3,889 m to the northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Raid Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mount Bonneville (12,590 feet (3,840 m)) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The summit is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, immediately west of the Continental Divide. Mount Bonneville is a distinctively iconic peak of the Wind River Range, and was named after explorer Benjamin Bonneville.
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Wikidata Q16844388, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3730 m
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Raid Peak: 0.8 mi
- Nylon Peak: 1.2 mi
- Pronghorn Peak: 1.2 mi
- Mount Lander: 1.2 mi
- Tower Peak: 1.5 mi
- Sharks Nose: 8.4 mi
- The Diving Board: 14.6 mi
- Little Brown Point: 17.5 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Suicide Point: 20.9 mi
- North Fork Falls: 9.6 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 22.2 mi
- Water slide: 22.3 mi
- Tayo Park: 19.1 mi
- Pow Wow: 24.5 mi
- New Fork: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Mount Bonneville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Mountain | NE 36° | 3,889 m | 3.7 mi |
| Wolverine Peak | N 353° | 3,847 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Lander | NE 47° | 3,846 m | 1.2 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | N 358° | 3,818 m | 7.5 mi |
| Washakie Peak | SE 134° | 3,811 m | 5.8 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | SE 134° | 3,800 m | 10.8 mi |
| Lizard Head Peak | SE 128° | 3,799 m | 9.2 mi |
| Halls Mountain | NNW 328° | 3,798 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:17 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
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 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 39 | 25 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder Rearing STN, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1598300 — Mount Bonneville, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505922
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