Mount Hornaday
Mount Hornaday rises to 3,049 m in Wyoming. Pilot Peak stands 3,512 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick Peak, a peak 2.6 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Mount Hornaday el. 10,003 feet (3,049 m) is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range, Wyoming. The peak was named in 1938 for naturalist William Temple Hornaday, a former director of the New York Zoological Gardens who championed the cause of saving the American Bison from extinction.
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Wikidata Q8530442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,049 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 16 mi
- Crazy Creek · 18 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frederick Peak: 2.6 mi
- Druid Peak: 3.2 mi
- Barronette Peak: 3.5 mi
- Bison Peak: 4.0 mi
- Soda Butte: 4.6 mi
- Tower Fall: 12.3 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 13.6 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 18.2 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 21.2 mi
- Impasse Falls: 23.1 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 3.1 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Dunraven Road Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 4.6 mi
- Devil's Den: 12.4 mi
- Petrified Tree: 14.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 20.5 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 23.1 mi
- Wahb spring: 8.5 mi
- Calcite Springs: 12.5 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 9.1 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 11.2 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 11.4 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Willow Park: 15.9 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Mount Hornaday. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | E 80° | 3,512 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Zimmer | NE 46° | 3,511 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Fox | NE 41° | 3,418 m | 16.1 mi |
| Monument Peak | NNW 348° | 3,351 m | 17.8 mi |
| Abiathar Peak | ENE 69° | 3,331 m | 5.9 mi |
| Index Peak | ENE 77° | 3,264 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cutoff Mountain | NNE 14° | 3,251 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | N 7° | 3,251 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:54 | 16:43 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 60 | 52 | 40 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lamar RS, 6 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/356501765
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 28 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 30 mi
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