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Evanston Information Center

Evanston Information Center from directly overhead

Evanston Information Center is a rest area in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,076 m. Elizabeth Mountain stands 3,150 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamblin Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section passes 0.8 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Wyoming Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates41.26526, -110.93357

62 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 29
Springs: 19
Ghost towns: 6
Parks: 4
  • Hamblin Park: 1.1 mi
  • Anderson Park: 2.1 mi
  • Ottley Park: 2.3 mi
  • Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
Museums: 1
  • Uinta County Museum: 1.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Evanston Information Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elizabeth MountainSSE 152°3,150 m22.5 mi
Porcupine MountainSSW 208°2,801 m19.4 mi
Medicine ButteNNE 12°2,621 m6.2 mi
Pine KnollSSE 151°2,571 m17.2 mi
Chapman ButteESE 117°2,563 m18.8 mi
Twenty KnollSE 139°2,528 m15.7 mi
South Sheep MountainN 7°2,496 m18.4 mi
The PinnacleN 1°2,488 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5220:1921:01
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:4716:1416:58

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222433404957646355443122
Precip in0.80.60.71.01.91.10.81.11.21.21.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evanston 1 E, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1447311635

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