School Section Mountain
School Section Mountain rises to 2,478 m in Wyoming. Warbonnet Peak stands 2,861 m to the west-southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Point of Rocks, a peak 3.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,478 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Point of Rocks: 3.6 mi
- Warbonnet Peak: 4.3 mi
- Bear Rock: 4.4 mi
- Caffee Point: 5.1 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Friend Park: 19.0 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge State Park: 19.1 mi
- Converse County Park: 19.2 mi
- Oregon Trail Monument: 20.0 mi
- Bill Hooker Monument: 24.0 mi
- Dugway Rim: 18.0 mi
- Deer Spring: 18.2 mi
- Ayres Natural Bridge: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of School Section Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warbonnet Peak | WSW 236° | 2,861 m | 4.3 mi |
| Buffalo Peak | WNW 293° | 2,844 m | 7.2 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | WNW 285° | 2,833 m | 6.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | W 274° | 2,814 m | 7.2 mi |
| Cherry Mountain | WNW 287° | 2,786 m | 9.7 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SE 143° | 2,784 m | 17.6 mi |
| Gunnysack Benchmark | WNW 295° | 2,761 m | 14.3 mi |
| Buck Peak | WNW 299° | 2,743 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shirley Basin, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602771 — School Section Mountain, Converse County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506734
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