Mount Helen
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Mount Helen rises to 4,128 m in Wyoming. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the north-northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Doublet Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mount Helen (13,620 feet (4,150 m)) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the fourth highest peak in the range and the fifth tallest in Wyoming. The summit is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, immediately west of the Continental Divide. The eastern flanks of the mountain are covered in snowfields and glaciers, including Helen and Sacagawea Glaciers, all of which are in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest.
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Wikidata Q6921137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4128 m
How to reach it
- 22.8 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Doublet Peak: 0.8 mi
- Dinwoody Peak: 0.9 mi
- Mount Warren: 0.9 mi
- Miriam Peak: 1.0 mi
- Bobs Towers: 1.0 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 22.4 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 22.4 mi
- Burzlander Park: 22.6 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 22.7 mi
- Wrangler Park: 23.0 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Greeley Point: 8.1 mi
- Granite Peak: 8.7 mi
- White Rock: 11.8 mi
- Little Brown Point: 14.6 mi
- Water slide: 4.5 mi
- Bomber Falls: 16.0 mi
- North Fork Falls: 19.9 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 22.5 mi
- National Museum of Military Vehicles: 23.3 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Mount Helen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | NNW 333° | 4,206 m | 2.6 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SSE 160° | 4,177 m | 1.9 mi |
| Turret Peak | NNE 33° | 4,147 m | 1.1 mi |
| Doublet Peak | N 5° | 4,143 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | SSE 163° | 4,119 m | 1.0 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | N 357° | 4,115 m | 0.9 mi |
| Jackson Peak | SSE 147° | 4,114 m | 2.6 mi |
| Bastion Peak | NNW 336° | 4,103 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:00 | 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 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 26 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinedale, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506236
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