Whiskey Mountain
Whiskey Mountain rises to 3,394 m in Wyoming. Gannett Peak stands 4,206 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Noon Rocks, a peak 1.7 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Whiskey Mountain (11,157 ft (3,401 m)) is located in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Located 5 mi (8.0 km) south of Dubois, Wyoming, Whiskey Mountain is within the Whiskey Mountain Wilderness Study Area, which has the largest wintering concentration of Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep in the coterminous United States.
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Wikidata Q14951377, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3394 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Noon Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Arrow Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Torrey Peak: 5.4 mi
- Windy Mountain: 5.7 mi
- White Rock: 14.6 mi
- Granite Peak: 16.1 mi
- Greeley Point: 18.7 mi
- Indian Point: 19.5 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 23.5 mi
- Bomber Falls: 3.6 mi
- Water slide: 23.6 mi
- National Museum of Military Vehicles: 7.0 mi
- Dubois Museum: 7.5 mi
- Salt Barrels Park: 5.0 mi
- National BigHorn Sheep Center: 7.5 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Whiskey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gannett Peak | S 185° | 4,206 m | 17.1 mi |
| Turret Peak | S 179° | 4,147 m | 18.3 mi |
| Dinwoody Peak | S 181° | 4,115 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bastion Peak | S 188° | 4,103 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Febbas | S 177° | 4,100 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Woodrow Wilson | S 185° | 4,094 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Warren | S 181° | 4,093 m | 18.4 mi |
| Sunbeam Peak | S 179° | 4,092 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:20 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:59 | 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 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 60 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubois, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1604130 — Whiskey Mountain, Fremont County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356507180
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