Somber Hill
Somber Hill rises to 2,861 m in Wyoming. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Douglas Point, a peak 3.0 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49075574, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,861 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
Overlooks nearby
- Libby Flats Observation Point · 19 mi
66 named places within 25 miles
- Douglas Point: 3.0 mi
- Horatio Rock: 5.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 5.3 mi
- Lake Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Iron Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Dan Birkholz Memorial: 12.3 mi
- United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque: 19.4 mi
- Fire Lookout: 20.4 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 20.6 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 20.2 mi
- Pelton Park: 4.9 mi
- Old Roach: 11.0 mi
- North Park Pioneer Museum: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Somber Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | NNW 342° | 3,639 m | 20.9 mi |
| Gap Point | NNW 344° | 3,585 m | 21.7 mi |
| Browns Peak | NNW 347° | 3,567 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 343° | 3,472 m | 20.4 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | N 354° | 3,391 m | 23.0 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | NNW 334° | 3,318 m | 18.9 mi |
| Shipman Mountain | SSE 161° | 3,294 m | 17.9 mi |
| Rock Creek Point | N 4° | 3,233 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:56 | 16:40 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hohnholz RCH, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506812
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