Saddle Mountain
Saddle Mountain rises to 3,168 m in Wyoming. Pilot Peak stands 3,512 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hague Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Saddle Mountain is a 10,670-foot-elevation (3,250-meter) mountain summit located in Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
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Wikidata Q49070708, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3168 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 19.0 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Crazy Creek · 19 mi
- Pilot & Index · 19 mi
- Falls · 20 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hague Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Little Saddle Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Castor Peak: 4.0 mi
- Pollux Peak: 4.1 mi
- Parker Peak: 4.5 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 16.2 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Holmes Point: 19.4 mi
- Steamboat Point: 19.9 mi
- The Palisades: 20.3 mi
- Storm Point: 20.6 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Wahb spring: 10.1 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 19.9 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 22.8 mi
- Mud Caldron: 22.9 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 23.0 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 14.2 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 20.9 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 23.0 mi
- Devil's Den: 23.5 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 23.8 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 19.1 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 23.0 mi
- Tower Fall: 23.5 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 24.3 mi
- Churning Caldron: 23.0 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 23.0 mi
- Sour Lake: 23.1 mi
- Willow Park: 19.4 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 21.3 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 20.8 mi
- Fire Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 20.6 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Saddle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | NNE 15° | 3,512 m | 19.0 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,408 m | 14.6 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | ESE 113° | 3,403 m | 16.4 mi |
| Geers Point | E 94° | 3,401 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ESE 121° | 3,399 m | 15.1 mi |
| Pollux Peak | SE 139° | 3,348 m | 4.1 mi |
| Notch Mountain | SSE 157° | 3,332 m | 6.0 mi |
| Abiathar Peak | N 353° | 3,331 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:54 | 16:43 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahaska, 14 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602670 — Saddle Mountain, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506721
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 28 mi
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