Pollux Peak
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Pollux Peak rises to 3,348 m in Wyoming. Dead Indian Peak stands 3,703 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Castor Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Pollux Peak is an 11,063-foot-elevation (3,372-meter) mountain summit located in Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49063098, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,348 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 20.3 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crazy Creek · 21 mi
- Pilot & Index · 21 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 23 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castor Peak: 1.4 mi
- Notch Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Grant Peak: 2.6 mi
- Lamar Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 16.9 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Clearwater Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- The Palisades: 16.3 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Holmes Point: 20.1 mi
- Steamboat Point: 20.5 mi
- Storm Point: 21.5 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 18.3 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 22.7 mi
- Eagle Pass: 24.0 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 24.3 mi
- Wahb spring: 14.2 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 20.4 mi
- Fire Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 23.7 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 24.6 mi
- Willow Park: 21.4 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 23.8 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Pollux Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Indian Peak | ESE 105° | 3,703 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | SSE 157° | 3,408 m | 10.7 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | ESE 106° | 3,403 m | 12.8 mi |
| Geers Point | E 79° | 3,401 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ESE 114° | 3,399 m | 11.3 mi |
| Notch Mountain | S 188° | 3,332 m | 2.5 mi |
| Indian Peak | NNE 26° | 3,329 m | 8.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 76° | 3,309 m | 8.7 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 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:54 | 16:43 |
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, 11 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/356506625
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