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Mount Hancock

Mount Hancock, a peak in Wyoming
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Mount Hancock rises to 3,116 m in Wyoming. Eagle Peak stands 3,460 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South Big Game Ridge, a peak 2.6 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Hancock el. 10,223 feet (3,116 m) is an isolated mountain peak on Big Game Ridge in Yellowstone National Park. Captain John W. Barlow named the peak in honor of General Winfield Scott Hancock during the Barlow-Heap Exploration of Yellowstone in 1871. General Hancock is noted for issuing the orders that established the military escort led by Lt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane for the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition of 1870. Big Game Ridge is a precipitous north-south ridge due south of Heart Lake on the park's southern border. Mount Hancock anchors the southern part of the ridge and is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the Snake River trail.

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Wikidata Q6921045, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3116 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.15522, -110.41742

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Hot springs: 19
  • Snake Hot Springs: 8.2 mi
  • Snake Hot Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Huckleberry Hot Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Bluebell Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Bluebell Spring: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Plateau Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Moose Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Lewis Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Lower North Fork Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Upper North Fork Falls: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Picnic: 12.2 mi
  • Snake River Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Lewis Lake Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Sargent's Bay Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • West Thumb Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 9
Parks: 7
  • Basin Creek: 5.5 mi
  • Basin Creek: 5.7 mi
  • Basin Creek: 6.3 mi
  • John D Rockefeller Memorial Parkway: 16.7 mi
  • Frank Island Bay South: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 4
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Mount Hancock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakENE 59°3,460 m22.4 mi
Ranger PeakSW 228°3,453 m23.3 mi
Table MountainENE 61°3,365 m20.4 mi
Mount HumphreysNE 54°3,358.5 m21.5 mi
Mount SchurzNE 53°3,356 m21.5 mi
Jay BenchmarkESE 122°3,332 m23.5 mi
Atkins PeakNE 48°3,331 m23.1 mi
Plenty Coups PeakNE 47°3,330 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5619:34
June solstice05:3920:2521:09
September equinox07:1018:4319:21
December solstice07:5515:5916:47

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131625334250575647362314
Precip in3.93.13.02.82.82.41.41.61.92.33.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snake RVR, 12 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1600187 — Mount Hancock, Teton County, Wyoming.

OpenStreetMap element node/356506216

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