Red Top Mountain
Red Top Mountain rises to 3,166 m in Wyoming. Wyoming Peak stands 3,468 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Lake Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.9 miles away. Pioneer Historic Byway passes 26 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068033, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,166 m
How to reach it
- 25.6 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Big Spring Scenic Backway
- 25.6 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
92 named places within 25 miles
- Wickiup Knoll: 3.7 mi
- Mount Wagner: 5.1 mi
- Mount Fitzpatrick: 5.9 mi
- Rock Lake Peak: 9.2 mi
- Roaring Fork Peak: 10.9 mi
- Afton City Park: 6.4 mi
- Canyon View Park: 6.5 mi
- Box H Park: 7.5 mi
- Grover Community Park: 10.4 mi
- Grover Park: 10.9 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Group Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
- Periodic Spring Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Allred Flat Group Picnic Site: 13.0 mi
- Afton Wyoming Family History Center: 6.4 mi
- Callair Museum: 6.9 mi
- Lander Trail Center: 6.9 mi
- Star Valley Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- Old Rock Church Museum: 12.3 mi
- Periodic Spring: 6.1 mi
- Shot Hole Spring: 9.7 mi
- Springs Hot Sulphur: 14.4 mi
- Spring Salt: 14.4 mi
- Ferney Spring: 21.3 mi
- Fairview Landmark: 7.4 mi
- Wyoming Peak Lookout: 11.9 mi
- Woheto Falls: 13.2 mi
- Menace Falls: 13.2 mi
- World's Largest Elkhorn Arch: 6.5 mi
- Snowside Point: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Peak | ESE 107° | 3,468 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Coffin | ESE 104° | 3,427 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount March Madness | ESE 110° | 3,420 m | 11.9 mi |
| Triple Peak | NE 55° | 3,392 m | 16.5 mi |
| Triple Peak, South | ENE 57° | 3,380 m | 16.5 mi |
| Triple Peak, North | NE 54° | 3,350 m | 16.6 mi |
| Roaring Fork Peak | ENE 71° | 3,347 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Fitzpatrick | NE 37° | 3,325 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:23 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:08 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 28 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 28 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506676
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