Burgess Picnic Area
Burgess Picnic Area is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,380 m. Elk Peak stands 3,352 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. Medicine Wheel Passage passes 1.0 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2380 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 1.0 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 5 mi
108 named places within 25 miles
- Twin Buttes: 1.7 mi
- Freeze Out Point: 6.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Steamboat Point: 8.4 mi
- Fallen City: 9.4 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
- Bull Park: 3.3 mi
- Shutts Flats: 3.4 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 3.8 mi
- Schuler Park: 4.4 mi
- Wheddon Spring: 8.3 mi
- Three Springs: 8.6 mi
- Three Springs: 8.6 mi
- Three Springs: 8.6 mi
- Wolf Springs: 12.3 mi
- Riley Point: 7.1 mi
- Weston Point: 19.0 mi
- Devils Leap: 23.5 mi
- Spanish Point: 24.2 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Shell Falls: 14.3 mi
- Porcupine Falls: 19.6 mi
- Bucking Mule Falls: 20.9 mi
- Bull Elk Park Natural Area: 9.5 mi
- Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 19.5 mi
- Black Diamond Trail Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burgess Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Peak | SSE 149° | 3,352 m | 19.0 mi |
| Dutch Oven Peak | SSE 159° | 3,321 m | 24.4 mi |
| Dome Peak | SSE 151° | 3,294 m | 14.8 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | SSE 148° | 3,217 m | 18.4 mi |
| Black Rib | SE 146° | 3,187 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bruce Mountain | SSE 160° | 3,148 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hunt Mountain | WSW 251° | 3,098 m | 11.9 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | SE 139° | 3,082 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:15 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:44 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 35 | 25 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burgess Junction, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8289456333
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