The Castle Rock
The Castle Rock rises to 2,469 m in Wyoming. Hazelton Pyramid stands 3,211 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tabletop, a peak 2.3 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 22 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082256, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2469 m
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 27.3 mi off the South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
Overlooks nearby
68 named places within 25 miles
- Tabletop: 2.3 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 3.7 mi
- Red Hill: 5.2 mi
- Red Spring Hill: 6.6 mi
- Fraker Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Red Wall Number 1: 14.5 mi
- Red Wall Number 2: 14.7 mi
- Sidewalk Buttress: 21.6 mi
- Contra Wall: 21.7 mi
- Waterfall Wall: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Park: 19.6 mi
- Pasture Park: 20.8 mi
- Leigh Creek Vee: 21.4 mi
- Sagebrush Park: 22.4 mi
- High Park: 23.1 mi
- Hoofprints of the Past Museum: 22.5 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 24.0 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 24.0 mi
- The Arch: 4.8 mi
- Hole-in-the Wall Outlaw Hideout: 6.7 mi
- Moses Spring: 18.7 mi
- Kaycee Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelton Pyramid | N 3° | 3,211 m | 19.3 mi |
| Hesse Mountain | N 3° | 3,160 m | 21.4 mi |
| Hazelton Peak | N 6° | 3,125 m | 18.8 mi |
| Tabletop | NNW 343° | 2,593 m | 2.3 mi |
| Cherry Creek Hill | SSW 205° | 2,590 m | 19.4 mi |
| Red Spring Hill | NE 45° | 2,493 m | 6.6 mi |
| Red Hill | NE 47° | 2,492 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 23° | 2,489 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:11 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:47 | 16:34 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 66 | 55 | 42 | 30 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tensleep 16sse, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1595409 — The Castle Rock, Johnson County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356504713
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