Rock Mountain
Rock Mountain rises to 2,959 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Conical Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,959 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Libby Flats Observation Point · 15 mi
60 named places within 25 miles
- Conical Peak: 2.2 mi
- Arlington Benchmark: 3.4 mi
- Deer Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Sheepherder Hill: 5.3 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 13.9 mi
- Fire Lookout: 15.1 mi
- United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque: 15.4 mi
- Sederlin Slide: 8.2 mi
- Foote Creek Rim: 17.7 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 13.1 mi
- Chimney Park: 20.2 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 13.2 mi
- Medicine Bow Museum: 23.5 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 14.4 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Wagonhound Rest Area: 5.9 mi
- Fossil Bone Cabin: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | SSW 199° | 3,639 m | 14.3 mi |
| Gap Point | SSW 197° | 3,585 m | 13.1 mi |
| Browns Peak | SSW 193° | 3,567 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 196° | 3,472 m | 14.4 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | S 183° | 3,391 m | 10.5 mi |
| Elk Mountain | WNW 289° | 3,390 m | 16.3 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | SSW 201° | 3,318 m | 17.6 mi |
| Kennaday Peak | WSW 245° | 3,290 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK MTN, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602598 — Rock Mountain, Carbon County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506701
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