Sunlight Peak
Sunlight Peak rises to 3,286 m in Wyoming. Trout Peak stands 3,724 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stinkingwater Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Sunlight Peak (11,927 feet (3,635 m)) is located in the Absaroka Range, Shoshone National Forest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Sulphur Glacier is situated on the east and northeast slopes of the peak.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49080128, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,286 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 17.8 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 22.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 20 mi
- Dead Indian Overlook · 21 mi
- Crazy Creek · 23 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stinkingwater Peak: 1.6 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 2.4 mi
- Nipple Mesa: 2.5 mi
- Moose Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Land Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 10.5 mi
- Clearwater Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Horse Creek Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Reef Creek: 19.2 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 19.6 mi
- The Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 17.5 mi
- North Fork Shoshone River Access: 19.6 mi
- Willow Park: 24.9 mi
- Eagle Pass: 22.9 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 24.2 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 24.1 mi
- Fire Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Wahb spring: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Sunlight Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Peak | E 92° | 3,724 m | 12.0 mi |
| Dead Indian Peak | E 91° | 3,703 m | 7.7 mi |
| Fortress Mountain | S 185° | 3,675 m | 18.9 mi |
| Ptarmigan Mountain | SSE 155° | 3,665 m | 19.3 mi |
| Sheep Mesa | S 188° | 3,413 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | SSW 212° | 3,408 m | 6.9 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | E 83° | 3,403 m | 4.5 mi |
| Geers Point | NNE 24° | 3,401 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:24 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:54 | 16:42 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahaska, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1603445 — Sunlight Peak, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506892
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