Mount Schurz
Mount Schurz rises to 3,356 m in Wyoming. Fortress Mountain stands 3,675 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Humphreys, a peak 0.6 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mount Schurz el. 11,007 feet (3,355 m) is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park. Mount Schurz is the second highest peak in Yellowstone. The mountain was originally named Mount Doane by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition in 1871. Later the name Mount Doane was given to another peak in the Absaroka Range by geologist Arnold Hague. In 1885, Hague named the mountain for the 13th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz (1877–1881). Schurz was the first Secretary of the Interior to visit Yellowstone and a strong supporter of the national park movement.
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Wikidata Q6923515, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3356 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Humphreys: 0.6 mi
- Atkins Peak: 2.3 mi
- Eagle Peak: 2.7 mi
- Table Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Plenty Coups Peak: 3.3 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 17.9 mi
- Terrace Point: 7.6 mi
- Signal Point: 11.9 mi
- Park Point: 12.8 mi
- Elk Point: 14.0 mi
- Plover Point: 14.1 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 15.0 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 15.1 mi
- Basin Creek: 23.2 mi
- Basin Creek: 23.3 mi
- Basin Creek: 23.4 mi
- Eagle Pass: 3.5 mi
- Parting of the Waters National Natural Landmark: 21.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.8 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 23.9 mi
- Plateau Falls: 15.0 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 17.1 mi
- Fire Memorial: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Mount Schurz. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortress Mountain | E 91° | 3,675 m | 13.5 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | ESE 106° | 3,591 m | 12.6 mi |
| Ishawooa Cone | ESE 122° | 3,576 m | 15.1 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | ESE 121° | 3,549 m | 11.3 mi |
| Clouds Home Peak | ESE 111° | 3,537 m | 17.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | ESE 104° | 3,469 m | 5.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SE 125° | 3,460 m | 2.7 mi |
| Chaos Mountain | ESE 119° | 3,455 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:24 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:57 | 16:44 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 57 | 49 | 37 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone NP E ENT, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1594037 — Mount Schurz, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356503949
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