Dunraven Road Picnic Area
Dunraven Road Picnic Area is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,544 m. Mount Holmes stands 3,149 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 28 miles off.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 28.4 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hedges Peak: 1.1 mi
- Dunraven Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Washburn: 3.0 mi
- Observation Peak: 3.8 mi
- Crater Hills: 7.3 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 9.5 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 9.7 mi
- Mud Caldron: 9.7 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 9.9 mi
- Calcite Springs: 10.5 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 9.8 mi
- Churning Caldron: 9.9 mi
- Sour Lake: 10.0 mi
- Medusa Spring: 12.1 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 12.3 mi
- Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Chittenden Bridge Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Otter Creek Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Virginia Cascades Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Nez Perce Ford Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 3.0 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 9.8 mi
- Devil's Den: 9.9 mi
- Petrified Tree: 10.7 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 11.6 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Storm Point: 16.3 mi
- Gull Point: 16.5 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 2.7 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 3.3 mi
- Crystal Falls: 3.5 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 3.7 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 9.3 mi
- Willow Park: 15.1 mi
- Arch Park: 21.8 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 24.2 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 24.5 mi
- De Lacy Park: 24.9 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 11.2 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 11.7 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 9.9 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Dunraven Road Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Holmes | WNW 282° | 3,149 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Washburn | NE 37° | 3,122 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Hornaday | NE 52° | 3,049 m | 20.3 mi |
| Antler Peak | WNW 292° | 3,048 m | 19.3 mi |
| Quadrant Mountain | WNW 299° | 3,034 m | 20.2 mi |
| Dome Mountain | WNW 286° | 3,018 m | 18.9 mi |
| Dunraven Peak | N 4° | 3,008 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Norris | ENE 67° | 3,000 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:27 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 50 | 38 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tower Falls, 11 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/261127215
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 11 mi
- Gardiner · 22 mi
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