Windy Peak
Windy Peak rises to 3,529 m in Wyoming. Fremont Peak stands 4,177 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49090513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,529 m
How to reach it
- 27.1 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Wittombona Peak: 3.0 mi
- Wolverine Peak: 4.0 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Little Brown Point: 16.3 mi
- Sharks Nose: 19.3 mi
- Greeley Point: 23.0 mi
- Granite Peak: 23.8 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
- North Fork Falls: 13.7 mi
- Water slide: 15.0 mi
- Diversion Dam Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Pow Wow: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Windy Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Peak | WNW 296° | 4,177 m | 13.6 mi |
| Turret Peak | NW 306° | 4,147 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Helen | WNW 302° | 4,128 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Sacagawea | WNW 299° | 4,119 m | 14.3 mi |
| Jackson Peak | WNW 296° | 4,114 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Febbas | NW 310° | 4,100 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Warren | NW 305° | 4,093 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sunbeam Peak | NW 307° | 4,092 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:18 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:00 | 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 | 25 | 26 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 43 | 32 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burris, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1604246 — Windy Peak, Fremont County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356507194
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