Wildcat Top
Wildcat Top rises to 2,113 m in Wyoming. Shirley Benchmark stands 2,792 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sevenmile Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 28 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49090073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,113 m
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
48 named places within 25 miles
- Sevenmile Hill: 2.5 mi
- Beer Mug Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Pine Butte: 8.0 mi
- Windy Hill: 9.0 mi
- Flattop Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Smith Creek Rim: 11.7 mi
- Como Bluffs: 17.0 mi
- Foote Creek Rim: 23.3 mi
- Fourmile Point: 24.1 mi
- Mine Disaster Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Bear Park: 16.5 mi
- Headquarters Park: 17.1 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 20.7 mi
- Medicine Bow Museum: 11.2 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 20.5 mi
- Little Rock Spring: 10.3 mi
- Hanna Mine Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Fossil Bone Cabin: 17.9 mi
- Shirley Basin: 23.6 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 24.8 mi
- Wagonhound Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildcat Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Benchmark | NW 325° | 2,792 m | 15.5 mi |
| Quealy Benchmark | NW 326° | 2,791 m | 14.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 323° | 2,700 m | 12.0 mi |
| High Benchmark | NNW 328° | 2,698 m | 12.1 mi |
| Windy Hill | NNE 30° | 2,533 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sullivan Benchmark | N 359° | 2,526 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sailor Benchmark | WNW 299° | 2,525 m | 22.7 mi |
| Halleck Ridge | SSW 209° | 2,453 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:53 | 16:38 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 40 | 49 | 60 | 67 | 64 | 55 | 43 | 30 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medicine BOW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1596392 — Wildcat Top, Carbon County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356505478
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