Sleeping Giant Mountain
Sleeping Giant Mountain rises to 3,408 m in Wyoming. Trout Peak stands 3,724 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Whirlwind Peak, a peak 3.6 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3408 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 24.6 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 28.5 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 27 mi
- Dead Indian Overlook · 27 mi
- Falls · 29 mi
- Crazy Creek · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whirlwind Peak: 3.6 mi
- Monument Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Crow Peak: 5.0 mi
- Nipple Mesa: 5.9 mi
- Sunlight Peak: 6.9 mi
- The Palisades: 5.7 mi
- Elk Point: 22.3 mi
- Holmes Point: 22.3 mi
- Steamboat Point: 22.5 mi
- Terrace Point: 22.7 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 6.5 mi
- Clearwater Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Horse Creek Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 22.4 mi
- Wahb spring: 24.6 mi
- Fire Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Eagle Pass: 16.0 mi
- North Fork Shoshone River Access: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Sleeping Giant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Peak | ENE 71° | 3,724 m | 16.5 mi |
| Dead Indian Peak | ENE 63° | 3,703 m | 12.8 mi |
| Fortress Mountain | S 170° | 3,675 m | 13.1 mi |
| Ptarmigan Mountain | SE 134° | 3,665 m | 16.6 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | S 177° | 3,591 m | 16.1 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | SSW 203° | 3,469 m | 15.1 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SSW 213° | 3,460 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sheep Mesa | S 174° | 3,413 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:24 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:55 | 16:43 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahaska, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1602974 — Sleeping Giant Mountain, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506798
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