Mount Chauvenet
Mount Chauvenet rises to 3,722 m in Wyoming. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the south, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bears Ears Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Chauvenet is a (12,255-foot (3,735 m)) mountain located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Mount Chauvenet is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) northeast of Cathedral Peak in the Popo Agie Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest. Mount Chauvenet was one of the earliest peaks climbed by white explorers to the Wind River Range.
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Wikidata Q16890221, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,722 m
How to reach it
89 named places within 25 miles
- Bears Ears Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 1.5 mi
- Valentine Peak: 2.3 mi
- Hobbs Peak: 2.4 mi
- Valentine Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Sharks Nose: 6.0 mi
- The Diving Board: 9.2 mi
- Suicide Point: 11.5 mi
- Fair Field: 17.2 mi
- Main Wall: 17.7 mi
- Tayo Park: 11.9 mi
- Pow Wow: 17.6 mi
- Sinks Canyon State Park: 18.6 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 20.1 mi
- Lander Bike Park: 20.8 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 16.2 mi
- North Fork Falls: 18.9 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Bruce's Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- City Park: 21.4 mi
- The Sinks: 18.8 mi
- Wind river Wild Horses Sancuary: 19.6 mi
- Raised Bed Garden: 16.7 mi
- The Rise: 18.9 mi
- The Lander Pioneer Museum: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Chauvenet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | S 171° | 4,022 m | 9.3 mi |
| Temple Peak | S 184° | 3,958 m | 9.8 mi |
| Little El Capitan | S 172° | 3,909 m | 8.8 mi |
| Roberts Mountain | NW 307° | 3,889 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Lander | WNW 290° | 3,846 m | 8.8 mi |
| East Temple Peak | S 179° | 3,822 m | 9.0 mi |
| Washakie Peak | WSW 249° | 3,811 m | 5.3 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | SSW 195° | 3,800 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:00 | 16:46 |
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 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lander AP, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1598707 — Mount Chauvenet, Fremont County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505974
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