Rattlesnake Mountain
Rattlesnake Mountain rises to 2,779 m in Wyoming. Trout Peak stands 3,724 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Logan Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 11 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Park County, Wyoming, United States
Wikidata Q49066866, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2779 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 14.4 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Dead Indian Overlook · 14 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 17 mi
88 named places within 25 miles
- Logan Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Red Butte: 4.2 mi
- Monument Hill: 4.8 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Buffalo Bill State Park: 3.9 mi
- Valley View Park: 8.6 mi
- Don Little Park: 9.5 mi
- North Fork Shoshone River Access: 9.5 mi
- River View Park: 9.6 mi
- Plains Indian Museum: 9.5 mi
- Whitney Western Art Museum: 9.5 mi
- Cody Firearms Museum: 9.6 mi
- Buffalo Bill Center of the West: 9.6 mi
- Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home: 9.6 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 16.7 mi
- Horse Creek Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Clearwater Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 24.7 mi
- Reef Creek: 24.9 mi
- Old Trail Town: 8.3 mi
- Cody Firearms Experience: 8.5 mi
- Wild Sheep Exhibit: 9.6 mi
- Dan Miller's Cowboy Music Review: 10.0 mi
- Buffalo Bill – The Scout: 9.5 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Fire Memorial: 24.7 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 17.7 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 24.6 mi
- Meeteetse Rim: 24.8 mi
- Bear: 10.6 mi
- Loch-Katrine Bird Reservation: 19.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 20.5 mi
- The English Gardens: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rattlesnake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Peak | WNW 284° | 3,724 m | 13.3 mi |
| Dead Indian Peak | WNW 282° | 3,703 m | 17.5 mi |
| Ptarmigan Mountain | SW 231° | 3,665 m | 21.5 mi |
| Citadel Mountain | SW 225° | 3,617 m | 21.3 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | WNW 282° | 3,403 m | 20.8 mi |
| Geers Point | WNW 294° | 3,401 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 278° | 3,399 m | 22.7 mi |
| Elkhorn Peak | WNW 297° | 3,210 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:51 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:22 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:52 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo Bill DAM, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602409 — Rattlesnake Mountain, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506662
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