Mount Haynes
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Mount Haynes rises to 2,505 m in Wyoming. Joseph Peak stands 3,176 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Jackson, a peak 1.6 miles away. Fort Henry Historic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mount Haynes el. 8,218 feet (2,505 m) is a prominent peak adjacent to the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was named by then Yellowstone superintendent Horace Albright to honor Frank Jay Haynes (1853–1921), the first official photographer of the park. Prior to being named Mount Haynes, the peak was unofficially called Mount Burley for D. E. Burley of the Union Pacific Railroad. Today there is an interpretive overlook along the Madison River just opposite the peak.
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Wikidata Q8530306, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2505 m
How to reach it
- 23.8 mi off the Fort Henry Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Jackson: 1.6 mi
- National Park Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Purple Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Twin Buttes: 7.4 mi
- Porcupine Hills: 8.1 mi
- Terrace Springs: 5.0 mi
- Maiden's Grave Spring: 6.9 mi
- Ojo Caliente Spring: 7.1 mi
- Deep Blue: 8.4 mi
- Round Spring: 8.5 mi
- Surprise Pool: 9.8 mi
- Beryl Spring: 10.3 mi
- Black Diamond Pool: 11.1 mi
- Chocolate Pot 19: 11.4 mi
- Chocolate Pot 2: 11.4 mi
- Madison River: 2.5 mi
- Madison Junction Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Tuff Cliffs Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Fire Hole Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Nez Perce Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Union Pacific Pylon: 7.7 mi
- Fairy Falls: 8.3 mi
- Gibbon Falls: 8.7 mi
- Volcanic Tableland: 8.8 mi
- Fountain Paint Pot area: 8.8 mi
- Firehole Falls: 4.1 mi
- Cascades of the Firehole: 4.6 mi
- Fairy Falls: 8.3 mi
- Gibbon Falls: 8.7 mi
- Mystic Falls: 10.8 mi
- Dunbar Park: 7.7 mi
- Heritage Park: 7.9 mi
- West Yellowstone Town Park: 7.9 mi
- Recreation Park: 8.3 mi
- Linear Park: 8.3 mi
- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center: 7.7 mi
- Museum of the Yellowstone: 7.8 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 13.3 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 13.6 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 14.3 mi
- Midway Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Trilobite Point: 13.7 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 24.6 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 6.0 mi
- Honoring Veterans: 7.8 mi
- Old Railway Station: 18.1 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Mount Haynes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Peak | N 8° | 3,176 m | 22.8 mi |
| Redstreak Peak | NNW 326° | 3,151 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Holmes | NNE 19° | 3,149 m | 13.6 mi |
| Gray Peak | N 8° | 3,139 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bannock Peak | NNE 11° | 3,137 m | 18.3 mi |
| Targhee Peak | WNW 286° | 3,121 m | 22.6 mi |
| White Peak | NNW 327° | 3,121 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bald Peak | WNW 288° | 3,108 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:58 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:29 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:59 | 16:47 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 34 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 36 | 24 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Yellowstone Gateway, 7 mi away.
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).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356511284
Day trips start here
- West Yellowstone · 8 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 20 mi
- Island Park · 21 mi
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