Sheepherder Peak
Sheepherder Peak rises to 3,152 m in Montana. Wolf Mountain stands 3,582 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Park County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073097, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,152 m
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 25 mi
- Crazy Creek · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monument Peak: 1.9 mi
- Haystack Peak: 2.3 mi
- Independence Peak: 2.9 mi
- Iron Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Roundhead Butte: 3.9 mi
- Passage Falls: 13.6 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
- Tower Fall: 20.5 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 21.2 mi
- Impasse Falls: 24.4 mi
- Petrified Tree: 20.2 mi
- Devil's Den: 20.6 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 20.7 mi
- Frog Rock: 21.8 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 24.9 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 17.9 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Calcite Springs: 20.0 mi
- Wahb spring: 24.8 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 9.9 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 16.7 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 18.0 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 18.4 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 20.4 mi
- Willow Park: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Sheepherder Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Mountain | E 95° | 3,582 m | 15.8 mi |
| Little Park Mountain | E 83° | 3,499 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Douglas | NNE 27° | 3,439 m | 10.5 mi |
| Tumble Mountain | NE 44° | 3,435 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Fox | ESE 103° | 3,418 m | 15.3 mi |
| Two Sisters | ENE 58° | 3,394 m | 12.1 mi |
| Chalice Peak | NE 39° | 3,364 m | 12.5 mi |
| Monument Peak | NNE 23° | 3,351 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:27 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooke City 2 W, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 790377 — Sheepherder Peak, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357939079
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 25 mi
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