Mount Norris
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Mount Norris rises to 3,000 m in Wyoming. Pilot Peak stands 3,512 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Thunderer, a peak 2.7 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mount Norris, elevation 9,842 feet (3,000 m), is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range of the U.S. state of Wyoming. In 1875, the peak was named for and by Philetus Norris, the park's second superintendent from 1877 to 1882. While on a visit to the park, Norris and several mountain guides, including Collins Jack "Yellowstone Jack" Baronette, ascended the peak at the head of the Lamar Valley and presumed they were the first white men to do so, thus naming it Mount Norris.
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Wikidata Q8530460, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3000 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 26.5 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 15 mi
- Crazy Creek · 16 mi
- Falls · 20 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Thunderer: 2.7 mi
- Soda Butte: 2.8 mi
- The Needle: 4.5 mi
- Druid Peak: 4.6 mi
- Mount Hornaday: 5.5 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 4.2 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Dunraven Road Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Tower Fall: 14.4 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 20.2 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 22.5 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 2.8 mi
- Devil's Den: 14.4 mi
- Petrified Tree: 17.1 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 22.4 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 23.3 mi
- Wahb spring: 3.7 mi
- Calcite Springs: 14.9 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 23.8 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 24.0 mi
- Mud Caldron: 24.0 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 24.1 mi
- Churning Caldron: 24.2 mi
- Sour Lake: 24.3 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 12.0 mi
- Willow Park: 14.8 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 10.8 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 12.1 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 12.6 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Mount Norris. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | NE 56° | 3,512 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pollux Peak | SSE 150° | 3,348 m | 16.5 mi |
| Notch Mountain | SSE 155° | 3,332 m | 18.5 mi |
| Abiathar Peak | NNE 24° | 3,331 m | 7.6 mi |
| Indian Peak | ESE 119° | 3,329 m | 13.6 mi |
| Grant Peak | SSE 157° | 3,307 m | 18.4 mi |
| Castor Peak | SSE 155° | 3,293 m | 16.5 mi |
| Index Peak | NE 53° | 3,264 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1592092 — Mount Norris, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356502745
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 28 mi
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