Sulphur Mountain
Sulphur Mountain rises to 2,418 m in Wyoming. Silvertip Peak stands 3,235 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Crater Hills, a peak 0.5 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,418 m
How to reach it
- 25.6 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Turbulent Pool: 2.4 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 2.5 mi
- Mud Caldron: 2.6 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 2.7 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 11.9 mi
- Crater Hills: 0.5 mi
- Elephant Back Mountain: 5.6 mi
- 8322 ft: 7.2 mi
- 8305 ft: 7.5 mi
- Stonetop Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 2.6 mi
- Sour Lake: 2.7 mi
- Churning Caldron: 2.7 mi
- Medusa Spring: 12.6 mi
- Artists' Paintpots: 13.4 mi
- Nez Perce Ford Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Cascade Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Otter Creek Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- LeHardy Rapids Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
- Chittenden Bridge Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 2.6 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 5.2 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 5.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Steamboat Geyser: 12.4 mi
- Gull Point: 8.9 mi
- Storm Point: 9.8 mi
- Sand Point: 11.4 mi
- Holmes Point: 11.7 mi
- Rock Point: 11.8 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 4.6 mi
- Crystal Falls: 4.9 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 4.9 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 9.7 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 16.7 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 17.0 mi
- De Lacy Park: 18.4 mi
- Willow Park: 20.0 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 12.5 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 12.6 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 21.8 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 2.2 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Sulphur Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silvertip Peak | ESE 115° | 3,235 m | 20.1 mi |
| First Peoples Mountain | SE 135° | 3,217 m | 22.9 mi |
| Avalanche Peak | SE 124° | 3,182 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | E 99° | 3,179 m | 20.2 mi |
| Hoyt Peak | SE 125° | 3,154 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Holmes | WNW 302° | 3,149 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Washburn | N 11° | 3,122 m | 10.4 mi |
| Little Saddle Mountain | E 81° | 3,114 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:27 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:57 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Yellowstone, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1609306 — Sulphur Mountain, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356511299
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 4 mi
- Gardiner · 29 mi
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