Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 2,670 m in Wyoming. Castle Mountain stands 3,842 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Russell Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
Wikidata Q49079674, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,670 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 8.0 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 25.1 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 5 mi
- Dead Indian Overlook · 7 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 11 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Russell Peak: 2.1 mi
- Antelope Mountain: 2.6 mi
- White Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Windy Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Sawtooth Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 7.2 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 9.8 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 16.5 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 23.2 mi
- Calamity Falls: 23.5 mi
- Reef Creek: 4.1 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 4.8 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 4.4 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 5.1 mi
- Willow Park: 19.3 mi
- North Fork Shoshone River Access: 24.4 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 21.5 mi
- Corner Spring: 22.4 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 10.9 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | NNW 340° | 3,842 m | 20.4 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | NNW 345° | 3,821 m | 19.1 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | NNW 346° | 3,763 m | 17.0 mi |
| Spirit Mountain | NNW 348° | 3,746 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sundance Mountain | NNW 343° | 3,728 m | 20.6 mi |
| Trout Peak | S 187° | 3,724 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Rearguard | N 353° | 3,705 m | 15.8 mi |
| Dead Indian Peak | SSW 203° | 3,703 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:23 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:52 | 16:40 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 67 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clark 3NE, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1595160 — Sugarloaf Mountain, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356504560
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