The Crags
The Crags rises to 2,776 m in Wyoming. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Echo Peak, a peak 3.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,776 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Echo Peak: 3.8 mi
- Three Rivers Peak: 3.9 mi
- White Peaks: 4.5 mi
- Mount Holmes: 5.3 mi
- Bannock Peak: 5.7 mi
- Bijah Springs: 12.4 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 12.9 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 12.9 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 13.1 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 13.1 mi
- Corey Spring: 10.7 mi
- Apollinaris Spring: 11.1 mi
- Ampitheater Springs: 11.9 mi
- Whiterock Springs: 13.4 mi
- Chocolate Pot 19: 13.9 mi
- Apollinaris Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Madison River: 12.0 mi
- Gibbon Meadows Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Clearwater Springs: 11.4 mi
- Union Pacific Pylon: 14.1 mi
- Porcelain Basin: 14.7 mi
- Back Basin: 14.7 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin: 14.8 mi
- Willow Park: 10.9 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Linear Park: 13.7 mi
- Pie Park: 13.8 mi
- Hayden Street Woods: 13.9 mi
- Rustic Falls: 13.4 mi
- Firehole Falls: 15.2 mi
- Gibbon Falls: 15.7 mi
- Cascades of the Firehole: 16.1 mi
- Undine Falls: 17.4 mi
- Trilobite Point: 5.9 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 19.3 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 21.5 mi
- Museum of the Yellowstone: 14.2 mi
- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center: 14.3 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 14.6 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 14.7 mi
- Honoring Veterans: 14.1 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 19.4 mi
- Aldridge: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of The Crags. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | NNE 27° | 3,341 m | 13.0 mi |
| Sage Peak | WNW 295° | 3,189 m | 15.4 mi |
| Joseph Peak | NNE 24° | 3,176 m | 9.1 mi |
| Redstreak Peak | WNW 294° | 3,151 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Holmes | ESE 104° | 3,149 m | 5.3 mi |
| Gray Peak | NNE 28° | 3,139 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bannock Peak | NE 49° | 3,137 m | 5.7 mi |
| White Peak | WNW 293° | 3,121 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:58 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:58 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 16 | 24 | 34 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 36 | 24 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Yellowstone Gateway, 14 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 1595411 — The Crags, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356504716
Day trips start here
- West Yellowstone · 14 mi
- Gardiner · 18 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 25 mi
- Island Park · 30 mi
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