Mirror Lake Picnic Area
Mirror Lake Picnic Area is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 3,228 m. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the north, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Lookout, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- US Forest Service
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Medicine Bow Peak: 1.6 mi
- Silver Benchmark: 2.0 mi
- Gap Point: 2.8 mi
- Gold Hill: 3.0 mi
- Fire Lookout: 0.9 mi
- United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque: 0.9 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 2.1 mi
- Chimney Park: 11.2 mi
- Pelton Park: 21.9 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 24.4 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 19.3 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 21.3 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 1.8 mi
- Sederlin Slide: 14.8 mi
- Wagonhound Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Mirror Lake Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | N 11° | 3,639 m | 1.6 mi |
| Gap Point | NNE 21° | 3,585 m | 2.8 mi |
| Browns Peak | NE 39° | 3,567 m | 3.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NE 37° | 3,472 m | 1.6 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | NE 43° | 3,391 m | 6.3 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | SW 229° | 3,318 m | 2.0 mi |
| Kennaday Peak | NW 308° | 3,290 m | 12.8 mi |
| Woolf Benchmark | NE 49° | 3,245 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 42 | 30 | 23 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centennial 1NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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