Three Rivers Peak
Three Rivers Peak rises to 2,976 m in Wyoming. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Echo Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Three Rivers Peak is a 9,958-foot (3,035 m) mountain summit in the southern section of the Gallatin Range in Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming.
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Wikidata Q7797762, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,976 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Echo Peak: 0.7 mi
- Dome Mountain: 2.2 mi
- White Peaks: 2.5 mi
- Mount Holmes: 2.6 mi
- Antler Peak: 2.6 mi
- Apollinaris Spring: 7.4 mi
- Ampitheater Springs: 8.6 mi
- Whiterock Springs: 10.3 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 11.5 mi
- Dryad Springs: 11.8 mi
- Bijah Springs: 9.7 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 10.2 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 10.2 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 10.4 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 10.4 mi
- Apollinaris Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Gibbon Meadows Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Clearwater Springs: 8.2 mi
- Osprey Falls: 11.3 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 12.0 mi
- Porcelain Basin: 12.2 mi
- Back Basin: 12.2 mi
- Willow Park: 7.0 mi
- Arch Park: 15.0 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 15.2 mi
- Linear Park: 16.6 mi
- Pie Park: 16.7 mi
- Rustic Falls: 9.7 mi
- Undine Falls: 13.6 mi
- Wraith Falls: 14.1 mi
- Gibbon Falls: 14.6 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 14.9 mi
- Trilobite Point: 3.0 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 7.9 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 17.2 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 19.5 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 12.0 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 12.3 mi
- Museum of the Yellowstone: 17.0 mi
- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center: 17.1 mi
- Honoring Veterans: 17.0 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 19.8 mi
- Aldridge: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Three Rivers Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | NNE 12° | 3,341 m | 10.9 mi |
| Joseph Peak | N 359° | 3,176 m | 7.5 mi |
| Redstreak Peak | WNW 286° | 3,151 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Holmes | SSE 148° | 3,149 m | 2.6 mi |
| Gray Peak | N 1° | 3,139 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bannock Peak | N 11° | 3,137 m | 2.9 mi |
| White Peak | WNW 285° | 3,121 m | 16.2 mi |
| Monument Mountain | WNW 302° | 3,065 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:57 | 16:46 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 41 | 29 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone Park Mammoth, 13 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 1595536 — Three Rivers Peak, Park County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356504864
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 15 mi
- West Yellowstone · 17 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 23 mi
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