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Mount Thompson

Mount Thompson, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.49386, -110.59230

84 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
Picnic sites: 7
  • 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
Springs: 5
  • 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
Museums: 5
  • 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
Parks: 4
  • Nugent Park: 21.6 mi
  • Canyon View Park: 23.4 mi
  • Afton City Park: 23.5 mi
  • Box H Park: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Woheto Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Menace Falls: 17.2 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Wyoming Peak Lookout: 7.8 mi
  • Fairview Landmark: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wyoming PeakNNW 348°3,468 m7.8 mi
Mount CoffinNNW 348°3,426.6 m8.6 mi
Mount March MadnessNNW 346°3,420 m7.3 mi
Triple PeakN 2°3,391.5 m20.7 mi
Triple Peak, SouthN 3°3,380.2 m20.1 mi
Triple Peak, NorthN 1°3,349.8 m21.0 mi
Roaring Fork PeakN 350°3,347.3 m15.0 mi
Mount FitzpatrickNNW 330°3,324.5 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5819:35
June solstice05:4620:2121:04
September equinox07:1018:4419:21
December solstice07:5016:0716:53

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151928384755626152412817
Precip in1.31.31.51.52.41.81.01.11.51.61.31.4

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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