- Elevation, modelled
- 2,373 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Plenty Coups Peak3,330 m · 24.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway28.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:11local time
- Coordinates
- 44.4153, -110.5730
West Thumb Picnic Area is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a modelled 2,373 m. Plenty Coups Peak stands 3,330 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Painted Pools, a spring 0.1 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Thumb Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plenty Coups Peak | E 94° | 3,330 m | 24.9 mi |
| Colter Peak | ESE 109° | 3,243 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Langford | E 91° | 3,238 m | 23.0 mi |
| Silvertip Peak | ENE 72° | 3,235 m | 24.3 mi |
| First Peoples Mountain | E 90° | 3,217 m | 21.0 mi |
| Avalanche Peak | ENE 76° | 3,182 m | 22.0 mi |
| Hoyt Peak | E 79° | 3,154 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Sheridan | SSE 168° | 3,135 m | 10.5 mi |
- 28.6 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Painted Pools: 0.1 mi
- Thumb Paint Pots: 0.1 mi
- Thumb Geyser: 0.1 mi
- Collapsing Spring: 0.1 mi
- Ledge Spring: 0.1 mi
- Surging Spring: 0.1 mi
- Bluebell Spring: 0.1 mi
- Bluebell Spring: 0.1 mi
- Surging Spring: 0.1 mi
- Seismograph Pool: 0.1 mi
- Corkscrew Hill: 7.8 mi
- Flat Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Factory Hill: 8.5 mi
- Mount Sheridan: 10.5 mi
- Elephant Back Mountain: 12.7 mi
- East Divide Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Pumice Point Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Hard Road to Travel Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Fisherman's Access Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Spruce-Fir Exhibit Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Lewis Falls: 10.7 mi
- Kepler Cascades: 11.7 mi
- Mystic Falls: 15.6 mi
- Twister Falls: 16.4 mi
- Fairy Falls: 16.5 mi
- West Thumb Geyser Basin: 0.1 mi
- King Geyser viewing point: 0.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Kepler Cascades: 11.7 mi
- Old Faithful: 13.0 mi
- Wolf Point: 7.8 mi
- Snipe Point: 8.8 mi
- Rock Point: 9.2 mi
- Sand Point: 9.5 mi
- Gull Point: 10.9 mi
- De Lacy Park: 7.1 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 10.7 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 10.7 mi
- Basin Creek: 14.1 mi
- Basin Creek: 14.6 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 12.9 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 22.4 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 23.1 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 17.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:58 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 14 | 21 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 54 | 45 | 34 | 22 | 13 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowstone Lake, 12 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).
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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