Pencil Point
Pencil Point rises to 2,211 m in Wyoming. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Top, a peak 1.3 miles away. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.
Wikidata Q49060612, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,211 m
How to reach it
66 named places within 25 miles
- Flat Top: 1.3 mi
- Tabernacle Butte: 4.2 mi
- Elk Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Little Prospect Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Square Top: 9.2 mi
- Blue Rim: 18.6 mi
- The Diving Board: 18.7 mi
- Sharks Nose: 20.9 mi
- Parting Of The Ways: 18.3 mi
- Tayo Park: 20.9 mi
- New Fork: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pencil Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | NE 41° | 4,022 m | 19.7 mi |
| Temple Peak | NE 38° | 3,958 m | 17.8 mi |
| Little El Capitan | NE 40° | 3,909 m | 19.9 mi |
| East Temple Peak | NE 38° | 3,822 m | 18.9 mi |
| Washakie Peak | NNE 17° | 3,811 m | 23.0 mi |
| Atlantic Peak | ENE 67° | 3,808 m | 21.3 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | NNE 29° | 3,800 m | 21.1 mi |
| Lizard Head Peak | NNE 25° | 3,799 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
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 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 39 | 25 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder Rearing STN, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1592659 — Pencil Point, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356503000
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