Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 1,678 m in Wyoming. Sheets Mountain stands 1,917 m to the west-southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Tatman Mountain, a peak 8.1 miles away. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,678 m
How to reach it
28 named places within 25 miles
- Tatman Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Sheets Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Table Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Dead Indian Hill: 10.9 mi
- Bridger Butte: 12.0 mi
- Beaver Slide: 11.2 mi
- Red Point: 15.9 mi
- Hillberry Rim: 22.7 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 21.1 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 21.6 mi
- Meeteetse Museums: 24.8 mi
- Caboose: 21.8 mi
- Loch-Katrine Bird Reservation: 24.4 mi
- Meeteetse Municipal Park: 24.6 mi
- Gooseberry Creek Rest Area: 25.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheets Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,917 m | 9.5 mi |
| Tatman Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,915 m | 8.1 mi |
| Elk Butte | W 273° | 1,902 m | 24.2 mi |
| Buck Buttes | SW 218° | 1,835 m | 20.9 mi |
| Crow Woman Buttes | SSW 204° | 1,832 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sawtooth | SSW 207° | 1,743 m | 17.1 mi |
| Wild Horse Heaven | SW 221° | 1,740 m | 21.2 mi |
| Bull Knoll | S 191° | 1,709 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:48 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:18 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 68 | 59 | 45 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emblem, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1594208 — Sheep Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356504043
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