Twin Lakes Picnic Area
Twin Lakes Picnic Area is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a recorded elevation of 2,580 m. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dome Rock, a peak 1.6 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2580 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 18.5 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dome Rock: 1.6 mi
- Preacher Rock: 1.9 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Dome Peak: 4.1 mi
- Elk Peak: 4.7 mi
- Long Park: 3.4 mi
- Big Goose Park: 4.4 mi
- Walker Prairie: 5.6 mi
- Heidley Park: 6.0 mi
- Coffeen Park: 6.9 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 10.7 mi
- Three Springs: 14.9 mi
- Three Springs: 14.9 mi
- Bull Springs: 14.9 mi
- Three Springs: 14.9 mi
- Weston Point: 2.8 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 14.0 mi
- Spanish Point: 14.2 mi
- Devils Leap: 22.6 mi
- Riley Point: 22.6 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 14.7 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 14.7 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 16.1 mi
- Trail End State Historic Site: 21.2 mi
- Sheridan County Museum: 22.4 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 20.2 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 22.9 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 24.1 mi
- Wyoming information Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Black Diamond Trail Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Shell Falls: 15.4 mi
- Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Kendrick Park Elk Pasture: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Twin Lakes Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | SSE 158° | 4,017 m | 17.0 mi |
| Merlon | SSE 158° | 3,975 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | SSE 157° | 3,942 m | 15.8 mi |
| Kramer Peak | SSE 157° | 3,918 m | 16.6 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,854 m | 16.1 mi |
| Innominate | SSE 157° | 3,853 m | 16.0 mi |
| Hallelujah | SSE 155° | 3,837 m | 15.4 mi |
| Gargoyle | SSE 157° | 3,793 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:14 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 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 | 26 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Horn, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3416862421
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