Mount Chittenden
Mount Chittenden rises to 3,075 m in Wyoming. Pinnacle Mountain stands 3,469 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathedral Peak, a peak 3.4 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mount Chittenden, elevation 10,182 feet (3,103 m), is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was named by Henry Gannett of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1878 for George B. Chittenden, a surveyor who had worked with Gannett, Hayden and others in surveys in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Chittenden never participated in any of the Yellowstone surveys. Mount Chittenden was not named for Major Hiram M. Chittenden, the U.S. Army Engineer famous for his road and bridge work in the park.
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Wikidata Q6920137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3075 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cathedral Peak: 3.4 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 3.4 mi
- Silvertip Peak: 3.7 mi
- Avalanche Peak: 4.2 mi
- Lake Butte: 5.1 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Fishing Bridge Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Churning Caldron: 14.0 mi
- Sour Lake: 14.0 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 14.1 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 21.6 mi
- King Geyser: 21.6 mi
- Holmes Point: 6.1 mi
- Steamboat Point: 6.4 mi
- Elk Point: 7.7 mi
- Storm Point: 8.0 mi
- Park Point: 9.9 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 6.3 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 13.9 mi
- Mud Caldron: 14.0 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 14.1 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 14.1 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 11.3 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 14.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Eagle Pass: 17.4 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 20.2 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 18.5 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 19.8 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 19.9 mi
- Crystal Falls: 20.0 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 12.5 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 12.8 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 16.5 mi
- Fire Memorial: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Mount Chittenden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | SSE 146° | 3,469 m | 18.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SSE 156° | 3,460 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | E 95° | 3,408 m | 16.3 mi |
| Table Mountain | SSE 162° | 3,365 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Humphreys | SSE 160° | 3,358.5 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Schurz | SSE 161° | 3,356 m | 15.0 mi |
| Pollux Peak | NE 55° | 3,348 m | 14.5 mi |
| Howell Mountain | SE 134° | 3,342 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:56 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 57 | 49 | 37 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone NP E ENT, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505986
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- Yellowstone National Park · 19 mi
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