Teapot Rock
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Teapot Rock rises to 1,616 m in Wyoming. Blue Hill stands 1,842 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Twentymile Hill, a peak 7.7 miles away. South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway passes 14 miles off. 21 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
The story
Teapot Rock, also Teapot Dome, is a distinctive sedimentary rock formation and nearby oil field in Natrona County, Wyoming, that became the focus of the Teapot Dome bribery scandal during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7691715, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1616 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
21 named places within 25 miles
- Twentymile Hill: 7.7 mi
- Saddle Rock: 8.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 9.0 mi
- Government Hill: 14.5 mi
- Blue Hill: 20.2 mi
- Midwest Community Park: 12.6 mi
- Romie Nunn Park: 22.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 22.1 mi
- Antelope Park: 22.3 mi
- Salt Creek Museum: 12.6 mi
- Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum: 24.2 mi
- War Birds Museum: 24.3 mi
- Statzer Point: 9.8 mi
- The Wall: 24.8 mi
- Wardwell Field: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Teapot Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hill | SE 125° | 1,842 m | 20.2 mi |
| Twentymile Hill | S 183° | 1,780 m | 7.7 mi |
| Tisdale Mountain | NW 324° | 1,772 m | 23.7 mi |
| Campbell Hill | SSE 149° | 1,720 m | 21.1 mi |
| Johnson Hill | SSE 153° | 1,707 m | 21.0 mi |
| Government Hill | NW 320° | 1,688 m | 14.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNE 20° | 1,617 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pugsley Hill | NNE 25° | 1,617 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:06 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
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 | 24 | 25 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Midwest, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 74002028OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1595340 — Teapot Rock, Natrona County, Wyoming.
- National Register of Historic Places — Teapot Rock, reference 74002028, listed 12/30/74.
OpenStreetMap element node/356504675
Day trips start here
- Casper · 28 mi
- Central Wyoming · 29 mi
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