Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks rises to 3,965 m in Wyoming. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the north, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Woodrow Wilson, a peak 0.6 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Twin Peaks (13,191 ft (4,021 m)) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Twin Peaks is the 20th highest peak in Wyoming. Twin Peaks is in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger–Teton National Forest and is 0.58 mi (0.93 km) southwest of Mount Woodrow Wilson and about the same distance southeast of Split Mountain. Mammoth Glacier flows from the north slopes of the peak while the smaller Twins Glacier flows to the southeast.
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Wikidata Q16902190, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3965 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Woodrow Wilson: 0.6 mi
- Winifred Peak: 0.6 mi
- Skyline Peak: 0.7 mi
- The Sphinx: 0.7 mi
- Split Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 22.2 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 22.2 mi
- Salt Barrels Park: 22.4 mi
- Burzlander Park: 22.5 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 22.5 mi
- Greeley Point: 6.6 mi
- Granite Peak: 7.3 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- White Rock: 10.4 mi
- Little Brown Point: 15.0 mi
- Water slide: 4.8 mi
- Bomber Falls: 15.6 mi
- North Fork Falls: 20.9 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 22.4 mi
- National Museum of Military Vehicles: 23.1 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Twin Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | N 8° | 4,206 m | 1.7 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SE 140° | 4,177 m | 3.2 mi |
| Turret Peak | E 81° | 4,147 m | 2.0 mi |
| Doublet Peak | E 81° | 4,143 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Helen | ESE 114° | 4,128 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | SE 134° | 4,119 m | 2.3 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | E 79° | 4,115 m | 1.4 mi |
| Jackson Peak | SE 135° | 4,114 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
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 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 38 | 24 | 15 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cora, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1603834 — Twin Peaks, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356507115
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