Pylon Peak
Pylon Peak rises to 3,743 m in Wyoming. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the southeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sharks Nose, a cliff 0.6 miles away.
The story
Pylon Peak (12,383 feet (3,774 m)) is located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Pylon Peak is on the west side of the Cirque of the Towers, a popular climbing area, and is .70 mi (1.13 km) northwest of Warrior Peaks. Pylon Peak sits along the Continental Divide.
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Wikidata Q16898945, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3743 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Warrior Peaks: 0.8 mi
- Elizabeth Peak: 0.8 mi
- Wolfs Head: 0.8 mi
- Pingora Peak: 0.9 mi
- Cirque of the Towers: 1.0 mi
- Sharks Nose: 0.6 mi
- The Diving Board: 5.7 mi
- Suicide Point: 15.2 mi
- Fair Field: 19.7 mi
- Main Wall: 20.4 mi
- Tayo Park: 10.5 mi
- Sinks Canyon State Park: 21.4 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 23.6 mi
- Pow Wow: 23.8 mi
- North Fork Falls: 16.5 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 18.2 mi
- Raised Bed Garden: 22.0 mi
- Garden: 23.5 mi
- Bruce's Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- The Sinks: 21.7 mi
- The Rise: 21.9 mi
- New Fork: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Pylon Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | SE 127° | 4,022.1 m | 6.9 mi |
| Temple Peak | SE 146° | 3,958 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little El Capitan | SE 126° | 3,908.6 m | 6.4 mi |
| Roberts Mountain | NNW 343° | 3,889 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Lander | NNW 331° | 3,846 m | 9.1 mi |
| East Temple Peak | SE 135° | 3,822 m | 5.7 mi |
| Washakie Peak | NNW 341° | 3,811 m | 3.3 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | E 100° | 3,800 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:16 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
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, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602329 — Pylon Peak, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506638
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