Pilot Peak
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Pilot Peak rises to 3,512 m in Wyoming. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Index Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Pilot Peak, elevation 11,699 feet (3,566 m), is a prominent mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Park County, Wyoming. The peak is visible from US Route 212, the Beartooth Highway just east of the Northeast Entrance Station to Yellowstone National Park. Index Peak rises just north of Pilot Peak. Pilot Peak is composed of crumbly rock and rarely climbed. Its first documented ascent was in 1932 by Robert McKenzie and Hollis Mees. Pilot Peak's name first appeared on an 1873 map, and was officially adopted in 1937 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q23018423, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,512 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 8.1 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 4 mi
- Crazy Creek · 6 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 12 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Index Peak: 0.7 mi
- Republic Peak: 3.8 mi
- Republic Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Jim Smith Peak: 4.3 mi
- Rock Island Butte: 4.7 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Impasse Falls: 11.9 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 13.9 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 21.3 mi
- Calamity Falls: 21.8 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 10.3 mi
- Reef Creek: 18.1 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 12.7 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 14.9 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 24.8 mi
- Willow Park: 3.0 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 3.5 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 4.0 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 5.4 mi
- Wahb spring: 15.6 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 22.6 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Pilot Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NNE 16° | 3,904 m | 13.4 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NNE 14° | 3,882 m | 13.6 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | NNE 18° | 3,791 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Peal | NNE 23° | 3,778 m | 13.8 mi |
| Glacier Peak | N 8° | 3,762 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Villard | NNE 12° | 3,735 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cairn Mountain | NNE 19° | 3,725 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mystic Mountain | N 9° | 3,686 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:53 | 16:41 |
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 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 55 | 47 | 36 | 23 | 13 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silver Gate, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602144 — Pilot Peak, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506603
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