Sand Knolls
Sand Knolls rises to 2,156 m in Wyoming. Steamboat Mountain stands 2,650 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rocks, a cliff 5.0 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49071227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2156 m
How to reach it
- 25.6 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
63 named places within 25 miles
- Clay Buttes: 5.5 mi
- Fifteenmile Knoll: 7.8 mi
- Boars Tusk: 8.4 mi
- Matthews Hill: 8.7 mi
- Buffalo Hump: 9.9 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 10.0 mi
- Big Sandy Park: 13.8 mi
- Reliance Park: 19.3 mi
- Paul J. Wataha Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Mesa Park: 20.2 mi
- White Rocks: 5.0 mi
- Blue Rim: 15.3 mi
- Steamboat Rim: 16.2 mi
- Chicken Springs: 6.2 mi
- Fifteenmile Spring: 11.4 mi
- Ox Yoke Springs: 13.3 mi
- Crookston Ranch Cultural Site: 14.1 mi
- Tri Territory Monument: 23.0 mi
- Parting Of The Ways: 23.9 mi
- Pacific Springs: 14.1 mi
- Winton: 15.5 mi
- Dines: 16.6 mi
- US Army Tank: 23.7 mi
- US Air Force Jet: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Knolls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamboat Mountain | E 81° | 2,650 m | 20.0 mi |
| South Table Mountain | E 94° | 2,524 m | 17.7 mi |
| Essex Mountain | NE 53° | 2,441 m | 15.1 mi |
| Cabin Butte | ESE 112° | 2,425 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pilot Butte | S 180° | 2,423 m | 19.4 mi |
| North Table Mountain | E 91° | 2,419 m | 17.1 mi |
| Deer Butte | ESE 111° | 2,401 m | 17.2 mi |
| Emmons Cone | ESE 110° | 2,392 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:15 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:05 | 16:50 |
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 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 38 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 62 | 52 | 40 | 26 | 14 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farson 2nne, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356503871
Day trips start here
- Rock Springs · 25 mi
- Green River · 29 mi
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