Mount Thompson
Mount Thompson rises to 2,949 m in Wyoming. Wyoming Peak stands 3,468 m to the north-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Darby, a peak 2.4 miles away. Big Spring Scenic Backway passes 18 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49054841, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2949 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Big Spring Scenic Backway
84 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Darby: 2.4 mi
- Mount Darby, North Peak: 2.7 mi
- Graham Peak: 5.1 mi
- North Mountain: 5.3 mi
- South Fish Creek Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Lake Alice Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Hobble Creek Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Group Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Shot Hole Spring: 8.8 mi
- Ferney Spring: 14.5 mi
- Spring Salt: 19.2 mi
- Big Spring: 19.9 mi
- Periodic Spring: 21.7 mi
- Afton Wyoming Family History Center: 23.4 mi
- Callair Museum: 23.9 mi
- Lander Trail Center: 23.9 mi
- Star Valley Historical Society: 23.9 mi
- Green River Valley Museum: 24.8 mi
- Nugent Park: 21.6 mi
- Canyon View Park: 23.4 mi
- Afton City Park: 23.5 mi
- Box H Park: 24.3 mi
- Woheto Falls: 6.7 mi
- Menace Falls: 17.2 mi
- Wyoming Peak Lookout: 7.8 mi
- Fairview Landmark: 24.1 mi
- World's Largest Elkhorn Arch: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Thompson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Peak | NNW 348° | 3,468 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Coffin | NNW 348° | 3,426.6 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount March Madness | NNW 346° | 3,420 m | 7.3 mi |
| Triple Peak | N 2° | 3,391.5 m | 20.7 mi |
| Triple Peak, South | N 3° | 3,380.2 m | 20.1 mi |
| Triple Peak, North | N 1° | 3,349.8 m | 21.0 mi |
| Roaring Fork Peak | N 350° | 3,347.3 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Fitzpatrick | NNW 330° | 3,324.5 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:21 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:07 | 16:53 |
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 | 19 | 28 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 28 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1603641 — Mount Thompson, Lincoln County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356507027
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