The Fortress
The Fortress rises to 3,625 m in Wyoming. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Cliffs, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3625 m
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Douglas Peak: 1.2 mi
- Mount Quintet: 2.4 mi
- Knife Point Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Harrower Peak: 3.2 mi
- Elephant Head: 3.9 mi
- Burzlander Park: 21.8 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 21.9 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 22.1 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 22.3 mi
- Wrangler Park: 22.3 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 1.1 mi
- Little Brown Point: 11.8 mi
- Greeley Point: 14.6 mi
- Granite Peak: 15.6 mi
- White Rock: 18.7 mi
- Water slide: 6.6 mi
- North Fork Falls: 14.3 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 18.0 mi
- Bomber Falls: 21.0 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of The Fortress. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | NW 320° | 4,206 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NW 306° | 4,177 m | 5.2 mi |
| Turret Peak | NW 324° | 4,147 m | 7.2 mi |
| Doublet Peak | NW 320° | 4,143 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Helen | NW 315° | 4,128 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | NW 310° | 4,119 m | 6.0 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | NW 319° | 4,115 m | 7.6 mi |
| Jackson Peak | NW 308° | 4,114 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:18 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:00 | 16:47 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 26 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinedale, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1603600 — The Fortress, Fremont County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356506979
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