Clearwater Picnic Area
Clearwater Picnic Area is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 1,836 m. Trout Peak stands 3,724 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground, a picnic site 3.9 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1836 m
How to reach it
- On the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Dead Indian Overlook · 24 mi
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Post Point: 4.6 mi
- Clayton Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Holy City: 4.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 5.4 mi
- Monument Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Blackwater Pond Picnic Ground: 3.9 mi
- Horse Creek Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 23.9 mi
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- North Fork Shoshone River Access: 12.3 mi
- Andy Martin Hill River Access: 20.2 mi
- Buffalo Bill State Park: 21.4 mi
- The Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 22.5 mi
- Fire Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Eagle Pass: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Clearwater Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Peak | NE 36° | 3,724 m | 12.0 mi |
| Dead Indian Peak | NNE 16° | 3,703 m | 10.5 mi |
| Fortress Mountain | SW 217° | 3,675 m | 10.7 mi |
| Ptarmigan Mountain | SSE 155° | 3,665 m | 7.9 mi |
| Citadel Mountain | SSE 150° | 3,617 m | 10.0 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | SSW 214° | 3,591 m | 14.1 mi |
| Ishawooa Cone | SSW 204° | 3,576 m | 17.8 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | SW 216° | 3,549 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:23 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:54 | 16:42 |
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 | 29 | 28 | 36 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wapiti 1wsw, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356500261
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