Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center
Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center is a rest area in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,649 m. Deadhorse Mountain stands 2,762 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wyoming Department of Transportation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crow Benchmark: 0.5 mi
- Leg Benchmark: 2.1 mi
- Pole Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Point Crawford: 2.8 mi
- Markley Hill: 3.0 mi
- Devils Playground: 6.3 mi
- Imperial Heights Park: 6.5 mi
- Rotary Clubs Park: 6.9 mi
- LaPrele Park: 8.1 mi
- Kiowa Park: 8.2 mi
- Rat Brain: Fantasia Wall: 5.2 mi
- Skull Rock: 5.3 mi
- Walt's Wall: 6.1 mi
- The Clamshell: 6.1 mi
- The Coke Bottle: 6.1 mi
- Wyoming Cowboy: 8.4 mi
- Breakin' Through: 8.4 mi
- Cowboy Tough: 8.6 mi
- Octogon Graffiti Umbrella: 8.6 mi
- Fanning a Twister: 8.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument: 0.1 mi
- Ames Monument: 7.6 mi
- Fort Sanders Guardhouse: 8.8 mi
- Matthew Shepard Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Sherman Summit: 0.1 mi
- Hecla: 14.7 mi
- Virginia Dale: 20.1 mi
- Pope Springs: 5.8 mi
- Soldier Spring: 5.9 mi
- Simpson Springs: 6.7 mi
- Laramie Plains Museum: 9.5 mi
- Laramie Historic Railroad Depot and Museum: 9.7 mi
- Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site: 10.4 mi
- Tree Rock: 8.5 mi
- "W" Marker: 9.5 mi
- Blair Picnic Site: 4.0 mi
- Penstemon Garden: 9.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 9.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadhorse Mountain | SSW 203° | 2,762 m | 21.3 mi |
| Pole Mountain | E 100° | 2,751 m | 2.4 mi |
| Leg Benchmark | E 100° | 2,749 m | 2.1 mi |
| Crow Benchmark | SW 229° | 2,708 m | 0.5 mi |
| Pilot Hill | N 349° | 2,691 m | 5.1 mi |
| Point Crawford | SE 131° | 2,673 m | 2.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 134° | 2,651 m | 4.8 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SSW 199° | 2,649 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:57 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 64 | 58 | 44 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laramie 4SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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