Split Mountain
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Split Mountain rises to 3,989 m in Wyoming. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the north-northeast, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Peaks, a peak 0.8 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Split Mountain (13,161 ft (4,011 m)) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Split Mountain is the 22nd highest peak in Wyoming. Split Mountain is in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest and is about .70 mi (1.13 km) northwest of Twin Peaks and 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast of Mount Whitecap. Mammoth Glacier is on the northeast slopes of the peak while the smaller Baby Glacier flows down from a spur to the northwest.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q16900403, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3989 m
How to reach it
- 22.6 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Peaks: 0.8 mi
- Mount Whitecap: 1.0 mi
- Winifred Peak: 1.0 mi
- Mount Woodrow Wilson: 1.1 mi
- American Legion Peak: 1.2 mi
- Salt Barrels Park: 22.1 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 22.2 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 22.2 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 22.4 mi
- Burzlander Park: 22.4 mi
- Greeley Point: 5.8 mi
- Granite Peak: 6.5 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- White Rock: 9.7 mi
- Little Brown Point: 15.3 mi
- Water slide: 5.1 mi
- Bomber Falls: 15.4 mi
- North Fork Falls: 21.4 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 22.3 mi
- National Museum of Military Vehicles: 23.1 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Split Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | NNE 33° | 4,206 m | 1.7 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SE 135° | 4,177 m | 3.9 mi |
| Turret Peak | E 89° | 4,147 m | 2.7 mi |
| Doublet Peak | E 92° | 4,143 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Helen | ESE 113° | 4,128 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | SE 128° | 4,119 m | 3.1 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | E 91° | 4,115 m | 2.0 mi |
| Jackson Peak | SE 132° | 4,114 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 38 | 24 | 15 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cora, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506822
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