Russell Peak
Russell Peak rises to 2,790 m in Wyoming. Castle Mountain stands 3,842 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,790 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 8.0 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 6 mi
- Dead Indian Overlook · 9 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 10 mi
- Crazy Creek · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Windy Mountain: 3.8 mi
- White Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Antelope Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Table Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 9.0 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 9.2 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
- Impasse Falls: 23.2 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 23.3 mi
- Reef Creek: 2.5 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
- Horse Creek Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 4.8 mi
- Willow Park: 17.8 mi
- North Fork Shoshone River Access: 24.6 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 23.2 mi
- Corner Spring: 24.1 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 10.0 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 16.6 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 24.0 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Russell Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | NNW 345° | 3,842 m | 20.0 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | N 351° | 3,821 m | 18.9 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | N 353° | 3,763 m | 16.8 mi |
| Spirit Mountain | N 355° | 3,746 m | 15.3 mi |
| Sundance Mountain | NNW 348° | 3,728 m | 20.3 mi |
| Trout Peak | S 180° | 3,724 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Rearguard | N 0° | 3,705 m | 15.9 mi |
| Dead Indian Peak | SSW 196° | 3,703 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:23 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:52 | 16:41 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 67 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clark 3NE, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602652 — Russell Peak, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506717
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