Sheepherder Hill
Sheepherder Hill rises to 2,422 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073090, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2422 m
How to reach it
- 18.8 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Libby Flats Observation Point · 20 mi
67 named places within 25 miles
- Arlington Benchmark: 2.7 mi
- Conical Peak: 4.7 mi
- Rock Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 5.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 6.8 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 18.7 mi
- Fire Lookout: 19.7 mi
- United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque: 20.1 mi
- Hanna Mine Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Sederlin Slide: 8.8 mi
- Foote Creek Rim: 15.0 mi
- Como Bluffs: 22.2 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 8.9 mi
- Mine Disaster Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Chimney Park: 22.7 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 8.9 mi
- Medicine Bow Museum: 18.6 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Wagonhound Rest Area: 1.4 mi
- Fossil Bone Cabin: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheepherder Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | S 189° | 3,639 m | 18.9 mi |
| Gap Point | S 188° | 3,585 m | 17.7 mi |
| Browns Peak | S 184° | 3,567 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 187° | 3,472 m | 19.1 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | S 176° | 3,391 m | 15.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | W 271° | 3,390 m | 13.8 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | SSW 193° | 3,318 m | 22.0 mi |
| Kennaday Peak | SW 228° | 3,290 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK MTN, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1594222 — Sheepherder Hill, Carbon County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356504061
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