War Bonnet Peak
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War Bonnet Peak rises to 3,716 m in Wyoming. Wind River Peak stands 4,022 m to the southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Warrior Peaks, a peak 0.4 miles away. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
War Bonnet Peak (12,487 feet (3,806 m)) is located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. War Bonnet Peak is on the southern side of the Cirque of the Towers, a popular climbing area, rising steeply above Jackass Pass. War Bonnet Peak sits along the Continental Divide, less than 1 mi (1.6 km) across Jackass Pass from Mitchell Peak.
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Wikidata Q16902918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,716 m
How to reach it
84 named places within 25 miles
- Warrior Peaks: 0.4 mi
- Mitchell Peak: 1.0 mi
- Pylon Peak: 1.2 mi
- Bunion Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Pingora Peak: 1.4 mi
- Sharks Nose: 1.6 mi
- The Diving Board: 4.6 mi
- Suicide Point: 14.3 mi
- Fair Field: 18.6 mi
- Main Wall: 19.3 mi
- Tayo Park: 9.3 mi
- Sinks Canyon State Park: 20.3 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 22.5 mi
- Pow Wow: 23.4 mi
- Lander Bike Park: 24.3 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 17.1 mi
- North Fork Falls: 17.7 mi
- Bruce's Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- City Park: 24.6 mi
- The Sinks: 20.6 mi
- Wind river Wild Horses Sancuary: 24.5 mi
- The Rise: 20.8 mi
- Raised Bed Garden: 21.2 mi
- The Lander Pioneer Museum: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of War Bonnet Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Peak | SE 130° | 4,022 m | 5.7 mi |
| Temple Peak | SSE 153° | 3,958 m | 4.9 mi |
| Little El Capitan | SE 128° | 3,909 m | 5.3 mi |
| Roberts Mountain | NNW 339° | 3,889 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Lander | NNW 327° | 3,846 m | 10.1 mi |
| East Temple Peak | SE 140° | 3,822 m | 4.6 mi |
| Washakie Peak | NNW 330° | 3,811 m | 4.2 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | E 87° | 3,800 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:01 | 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 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 39 | 25 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder Rearing STN, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356507160
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- Lander · 25 mi
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