Vulcan Mountain
Vulcan Mountain rises to 3,282 m in Wyoming. Bridger Peak stands 3,341 m to the southwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is fire lookout, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49087194, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3282 m
How to reach it
- 26.1 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
76 named places within 25 miles
- Bridger Peak: 1.9 mi
- Mowry Peak: 3.0 mi
- McCormick Peak: 4.1 mi
- Quartzite Peak: 4.8 mi
- Doane Peak: 4.8 mi
- Long Park: 5.5 mi
- Standard Park: 7.0 mi
- Huston Park: 7.6 mi
- Dead Horse Park: 8.1 mi
- Willow Park: 9.5 mi
- Grand Encampment Museum;Grand Encampment Museum Doc Culleton Building: 11.4 mi
- Saratoga Museum: 19.4 mi
- Cottonwood Rim: 13.5 mi
- Rendle Rim: 23.2 mi
- fire lookout: 1.9 mi
- Stemp Spring: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vulcan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridger Peak | SW 220° | 3,341 m | 1.9 mi |
| Blackhall Mountain | SE 125° | 3,327 m | 20.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSE 147° | 3,240 m | 22.6 mi |
| Red Mountain | SSE 167° | 3,200 m | 5.0 mi |
| Nipple Peak | S 184° | 3,152 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mowry Peak | NNW 328° | 3,135 m | 3.0 mi |
| McCormick Peak | WSW 257° | 3,129 m | 4.1 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 140° | 3,129 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:59 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 23 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saratoga, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1595956 — Vulcan Mountain, Carbon County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505221
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