Needle Peak
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
- 10.9 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Libby Flats Observation Point · 23 mi
73 named places within 25 miles
- Baggot Rocks: 0.7 mi
- Beaver Creek Hills: 6.5 mi
- Bennett Peak: 7.0 mi
- Beaver Creek Hills: 9.0 mi
- Barcus Peak: 9.0 mi
- 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
- fire lookout: 16.9 mi
- Fire Lookout: 21.5 mi
- United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque: 22.5 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 23.3 mi
- Grand Encampment Museum;Grand Encampment Museum Doc Culleton Building: 6.3 mi
- Saratoga Museum: 11.6 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 23.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | ENE 76° | 3,639 m | 22.2 mi |
| Gap Point | ENE 74° | 3,585 m | 23.2 mi |
| Browns Peak | ENE 75° | 3,567 m | 24.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ENE 78° | 3,472 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bridger Peak | WSW 246° | 3,341 m | 16.9 mi |
| Blackhall Mountain | S 172° | 3,327 m | 17.6 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | E 83° | 3,318 m | 19.9 mi |
| Kennaday Peak | NE 44° | 3,290 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 23 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saratoga, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356502721
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