Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 2,926 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Loaf Mountain, a peak 3.6 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 2.7 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073007, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,926 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 29.7 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
122 named places within 25 miles
- Loaf Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Hesse Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Hazelton Pyramid: 6.7 mi
- Bighorn Peak: 6.7 mi
- Hazelton Peak: 7.0 mi
- Lynx Park: 5.6 mi
- Circle Park: 6.8 mi
- Elgin Park: 8.1 mi
- Canyon Park: 8.3 mi
- Webber Park: 8.6 mi
- Cobra: 11.6 mi
- Full Charge Crag: 11.6 mi
- Tilt-A-Wall: 11.6 mi
- Drugs & Sex Wall: 13.1 mi
- Munitions Wall: 13.1 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 9.2 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 10.7 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 10.8 mi
- Mosier Springs: 10.9 mi
- Moses Spring: 11.9 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 18.6 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 24.4 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | NNW 328° | 4,017 m | 15.6 mi |
| Merlon | NNW 328° | 3,975 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | NNW 330° | 3,942 m | 16.8 mi |
| Kramer Peak | NNW 329° | 3,918 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | NNW 329° | 3,901 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNW 334° | 3,854 m | 16.4 mi |
| Innominate | NNW 330° | 3,853 m | 16.6 mi |
| Hallelujah | NNW 332° | 3,837 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:11 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Billy Creek, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602850 — Sheep Mountain, Johnson County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506763
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