Rock Creek Point
Rock Creek Point rises to 3,233 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Woolf Benchmark, a peak 2.1 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,233 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
64 named places within 25 miles
- Woolf Benchmark: 2.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.1 mi
- Rock Creek Knoll: 4.2 mi
- Coyote Hill: 4.5 mi
- Corner Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 7.9 mi
- United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque: 9.0 mi
- Fire Lookout: 9.7 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Chimney Park: 19.6 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 23.1 mi
- Sederlin Slide: 15.1 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 15.2 mi
- Wagonhound Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Creek Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | WSW 247° | 3,639 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gap Point | WSW 252° | 3,585 m | 7.9 mi |
| Browns Peak | WSW 249° | 3,567 m | 7.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 243° | 3,472 m | 8.5 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | W 264° | 3,391 m | 4.2 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NW 309° | 3,390 m | 24.4 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | WSW 238° | 3,318 m | 11.8 mi |
| Kennaday Peak | W 279° | 3,290 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 42 | 30 | 23 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centennial 1NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602592 — Rock Creek Point, Carbon County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506697
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