North Fork Picnic Area
North Fork Picnic Area is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,209 m. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cow Camp Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2209 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunter Mesa: 1.8 mi
- Grouse Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Ant Hill: 6.6 mi
- Stone Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Sisters Hill: 8.2 mi
- Schoolhouse Park: 1.0 mi
- Webber Park: 2.5 mi
- Circle Park: 2.6 mi
- Buffalo Park: 2.8 mi
- Slab Park: 3.1 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Cobra: 18.1 mi
- Tilt-A-Wall: 18.2 mi
- Full Charge Crag: 18.2 mi
- Ed Point: 18.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 0.3 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 1.6 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 2.5 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 2.5 mi
- Mosier Springs: 3.0 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 12.3 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 15.9 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 22.7 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 22.7 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 15.8 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 16.8 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of North Fork Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | WNW 291° | 4,017 m | 12.1 mi |
| Merlon | WNW 291° | 3,975 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | WNW 297° | 3,942 m | 12.8 mi |
| Kramer Peak | WNW 294° | 3,918 m | 12.2 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | WNW 288° | 3,901 m | 10.6 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | WNW 300° | 3,854 m | 11.8 mi |
| Innominate | WNW 296° | 3,853 m | 12.6 mi |
| Hallelujah | WNW 300° | 3,837 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:12 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:44 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo Johnson CO AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8283776464
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