Paintpot Hill
Paintpot Hill rises to 2,455 m in Wyoming. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Artists' Paintpots, a hot spring 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,454.9 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Artists' Paintpots: 0.3 mi
- Medusa Spring: 2.5 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 4.4 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 4.5 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 4.5 mi
- Beryl Spring: 0.9 mi
- Chocolate Pot 2: 1.5 mi
- Chocolate Pot 19: 1.5 mi
- Black Hermit Caldron: 2.6 mi
- Green Dragon Spring: 2.6 mi
- Gibbon Hill: 1.8 mi
- 8271 ft: 3.6 mi
- 8124 ft: 3.7 mi
- 8205 ft: 4.1 mi
- 8210 ft: 4.3 mi
- Gibbon Meadows Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Caldera Rim Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Iron Springs Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Gibbon Falls Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Norris Meadows Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Steamboat Geyser: 2.9 mi
- Gibbon Falls: 3.0 mi
- Back Basin: 3.0 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin: 3.1 mi
- Porcelain Basin: 3.1 mi
- Gibbon Falls: 3.0 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 4.6 mi
- Firehole Falls: 7.5 mi
- Cascades of the Firehole: 7.7 mi
- Crystal Falls: 11.6 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Trilobite Point: 10.4 mi
- Midway Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Gull Point: 19.2 mi
- Willow Park: 12.3 mi
- De Lacy Park: 16.9 mi
- Dunbar Park: 18.0 mi
- West Yellowstone Town Park: 18.1 mi
- Heritage Park: 18.2 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 3.0 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 3.9 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 16.5 mi
- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center: 18.0 mi
- Museum of the Yellowstone: 18.1 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 10.9 mi
- Honoring Veterans: 18.0 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Paintpot Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | NNW 347° | 3,341 m | 22.5 mi |
| Joseph Peak | NNW 339° | 3,176 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Holmes | NNW 327° | 3,149 m | 10.8 mi |
| Gray Peak | NNW 338° | 3,139 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bannock Peak | NNW 334° | 3,137 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Washburn | ENE 63° | 3,122 m | 16.6 mi |
| Antler Peak | NNW 338° | 3,048 m | 13.4 mi |
| Quadrant Mountain | NNW 342° | 3,034 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:28 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:57 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 17 | 24 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 56 | 47 | 36 | 23 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Faithful, 17 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/264934875
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 10 mi
- West Yellowstone · 18 mi
- Gardiner · 24 mi
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