Sunlight Creek Picnic Site
Sunlight Creek Picnic Site is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,825 m. Beartooth Mountain stands 3,763 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Steamboat Rock, a peak 1.9 miles away. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway passes 0.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
- 12.6 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunlight Bridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Dead Indian Overlook · 3 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 15 mi
- Falls · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Steamboat Rock: 1.9 mi
- Antelope Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Dead Indian Hill: 2.9 mi
- White Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.8 mi
- North Fork Shoshone River Access: 20.1 mi
- Buffalo Bill State Park: 20.5 mi
- Willow Park: 23.7 mi
- Valley View Park: 23.9 mi
- River View Park: 24.0 mi
- Whitney Western Art Museum: 24.1 mi
- Cody Firearms Museum: 24.1 mi
- Plains Indian Museum: 24.1 mi
- Buffalo Bill Center of the West: 24.2 mi
- Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home: 24.2 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 15.7 mi
- Old Trail Town: 23.6 mi
- Cody Firearms Experience: 23.8 mi
- Wild Sheep Exhibit: 24.3 mi
- Dan Miller's Cowboy Music Review: 24.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 7.2 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 14.6 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
- Reef Creek: 8.4 mi
- Horse Creek Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Clearwater Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 2.3 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 22.7 mi
- Corner Spring: 23.7 mi
- Buffalo Bill – The Scout: 24.0 mi
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Sunlight Creek Picnic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartooth Mountain | NNW 342° | 3,763 m | 21.6 mi |
| Spirit Mountain | NNW 343° | 3,746 m | 20.0 mi |
| Trout Peak | SSW 202° | 3,724 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Rearguard | NNW 347° | 3,705 m | 20.3 mi |
| Dead Indian Peak | SW 219° | 3,703 m | 13.8 mi |
| Metcalf Mountain | NNW 344° | 3,651 m | 19.0 mi |
| Lonesome Mountain | NNW 336° | 3,453 m | 19.3 mi |
| Jaggar Peak | SW 230° | 3,403 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:23 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:52 | 16:40 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 67 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clark 3NE, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3206472765
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