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Needle Peak

Needle Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Needle Peak rises to 2,348 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Baggot Rocks, a peak 0.7 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Wyoming, United States of America

Wikidata Q49056563, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2348 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.28580, -106.73365

Overlooks nearby

73 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 51
Parks: 14
  • Japanese Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Grand View Park: 6.3 mi
  • Veterans Island Park: 12.1 mi
  • Chimney Park: 12.1 mi
  • Dead Horse Park: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Needle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medicine Bow PeakENE 76°3,639 m22.2 mi
Gap PointENE 74°3,585 m23.2 mi
Browns PeakENE 75°3,567 m24.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 78°3,472 m22.8 mi
Bridger PeakWSW 246°3,341 m16.9 mi
Blackhall MountainS 172°3,327 m17.6 mi
Silver BenchmarkE 83°3,318 m19.9 mi
Kennaday PeakNE 44°3,290 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3520:0220:44
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
December solstice07:3015:5716:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635435159676356453323

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saratoga, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356502721

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