Parker Peak
Parker Peak rises to 3,077 m in Wyoming. Dead Indian Peak stands 3,703 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoodoo Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,077 m
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 15.6 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crazy Creek · 16 mi
- Pilot & Index · 17 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 19 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoodoo Peak: 1.6 mi
- Lamar Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Indian Peak: 4.2 mi
- Pollux Peak: 4.3 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 17.3 mi
- Reef Creek: 18.3 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 19.7 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Clearwater Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- The Palisades: 19.2 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 20.4 mi
- Holmes Point: 23.5 mi
- Steamboat Point: 23.9 mi
- Wahb spring: 12.9 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 23.9 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 16.3 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 20.5 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 16.6 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 20.1 mi
- Fire Memorial: 19.7 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 19.9 mi
- Willow Park: 17.2 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 20.2 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Parker Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Indian Peak | ESE 120° | 3,703 m | 16.1 mi |
| Pilot Peak | N 2° | 3,512 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | S 170° | 3,408 m | 14.0 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | SE 125° | 3,403 m | 12.9 mi |
| Geers Point | ESE 102° | 3,401 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SE 135° | 3,399 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pollux Peak | SSW 204° | 3,348 m | 4.3 mi |
| Notch Mountain | SSW 198° | 3,332 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:54 | 16:42 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahaska, 16 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602034 — Parker Peak, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506571
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