Snowshoe Mountain
Snowshoe Mountain rises to 2,808 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 3.1 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49075253, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2808 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 8.8 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 28.2 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crooked Creek Hill: 3.3 mi
- Antelope Butte: 3.5 mi
- Bush Butte: 6.2 mi
- Bruce Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 6.7 mi
- Long Park: 10.1 mi
- Coffeen Park: 13.3 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 14.3 mi
- Heidley Park: 14.3 mi
- Long Park: 14.7 mi
- Bull Springs: 5.8 mi
- Reserve Spring: 6.8 mi
- Three Springs: 9.9 mi
- Three Springs: 9.9 mi
- Three Springs: 9.9 mi
- Spanish Point: 7.5 mi
- Devils Leap: 10.9 mi
- Weston Point: 12.0 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Ed Point: 20.2 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Shell Falls: 5.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Snowshoe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | ESE 122° | 4,017 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | ESE 119° | 3,942 m | 19.2 mi |
| Kramer Peak | ESE 121° | 3,918 m | 19.8 mi |
| Innominate | ESE 120° | 3,853 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hallelujah | ESE 117° | 3,837 m | 19.2 mi |
| Gargoyle | ESE 120° | 3,793 m | 19.3 mi |
| Penrose Peak | ESE 115° | 3,781 m | 20.1 mi |
| Black Tooth Mountain | ESE 119° | 3,732 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:45 | 16:34 |
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 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1603037 — Snowshoe Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506806
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