Top Notch Peak
Top Notch Peak rises to 3,066 m in Wyoming. Fortress Mountain stands 3,675 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Eleanor Lake Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.3 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3066 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoyt Peak: 1.9 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 2.0 mi
- Avalanche Peak: 2.6 mi
- First Peoples Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Mount Stevenson: 3.6 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Fishing Bridge Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Churning Caldron: 18.5 mi
- Sour Lake: 18.5 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 18.6 mi
- Lakeside Spring: 21.2 mi
- Seismograph Pool: 21.3 mi
- Elk Point: 7.3 mi
- Signal Point: 7.4 mi
- Park Point: 7.7 mi
- Terrace Point: 8.6 mi
- Steamboat Point: 9.4 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 9.3 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 18.5 mi
- Mud Caldron: 18.6 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 18.7 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 18.8 mi
- Eagle Pass: 11.2 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 16.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.2 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 18.6 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 21.3 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 10.7 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 10.8 mi
- Basin Creek: 24.4 mi
- Basin Creek: 24.4 mi
- Basin Creek: 24.5 mi
- Plateau Falls: 20.8 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 24.3 mi
- Fire Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Top Notch Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortress Mountain | ESE 115° | 3,675 m | 18.8 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | SE 125° | 3,591 m | 19.2 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | SE 135° | 3,549 m | 18.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | SE 135° | 3,469 m | 12.6 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SSE 148° | 3,460 m | 10.8 mi |
| Chaos Mountain | SE 137° | 3,455 m | 16.3 mi |
| Sheep Mesa | ESE 113° | 3,413 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sleeping Giant Mountain | ENE 71° | 3,408 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:25 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:56 | 16:44 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 57 | 49 | 37 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone NP E ENT, 7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356507066
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- Yellowstone National Park · 23 mi
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