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Rock Lake Peak

Rock Lake Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Rock Lake Peak rises to 3,283 m in Wyoming. Wyoming Peak stands 3,468 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Periodic Spring, a spring 3.7 miles away. Pioneer Historic Byway passes 19 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Wyoming, United States of America

Wikidata Q49068919, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3282.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.78484, -110.80240

92 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 11
  • Grover Park: 4.9 mi
  • Grover Community Park: 6.7 mi
  • Canyon View Park: 7.1 mi
  • Afton City Park: 7.8 mi
  • Box H Park: 11.3 mi
Museums: 8
  • Afton Wyoming Family History Center: 7.5 mi
  • Star Valley Historical Society: 7.6 mi
  • Lander Trail Center: 7.6 mi
  • Callair Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Mower Family History Association: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Periodic Spring Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Lake Group Picnic Site: 10.1 mi
  • Cottonwood Lake Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Henderson Overlook Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Crystal Lake Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Periodic Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Springs Hot Sulphur: 10.5 mi
  • Shot Hole Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Spring Salt: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Menace Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Woheto Falls: 16.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Fairview Landmark: 11.1 mi
  • Wyoming Peak Lookout: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • World's Largest Elkhorn Arch: 7.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Lake Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wyoming PeakSE 144°3,468 m15.4 mi
Mount CoffinSE 143°3,426.6 m14.7 mi
Mount March MadnessSE 145°3,420 m15.8 mi
Triple PeakE 87°3,391.5 m11.3 mi
Triple Peak, SouthE 90°3,380.2 m11.7 mi
Triple Peak, NorthE 85°3,349.8 m11.2 mi
Roaring Fork PeakESE 124°3,347.3 m9.6 mi
Mount FitzpatrickSSE 163°3,324.5 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5819:36
June solstice05:4620:2321:06
September equinox07:1118:4519:22
December solstice07:5116:0716:53

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151928384755626152412817
Precip in1.31.31.51.52.41.81.01.11.51.61.31.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602597 — Rock Lake Peak, Lincoln County, Wyoming.

OpenStreetMap element node/356506698

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