Wagonhound Rest Area
Wagonhound Rest Area is a rest area in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,365 m. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheepherder Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wyoming Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Libby Flats Observation Point · 20 mi
66 named places within 25 miles
- Sheepherder Hill: 1.4 mi
- Arlington Benchmark: 3.9 mi
- Conical Peak: 4.8 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 5.4 mi
- Rock Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 18.6 mi
- Fire Lookout: 19.5 mi
- United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque: 20.0 mi
- Hanna Mine Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 7.6 mi
- Mine Disaster Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Chimney Park: 21.9 mi
- Sederlin Slide: 7.8 mi
- Foote Creek Rim: 16.0 mi
- Como Bluffs: 22.8 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 7.7 mi
- Medicine Bow Museum: 18.8 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 1.4 mi
- Fossil Bone Cabin: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wagonhound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | S 185° | 3,639 m | 18.8 mi |
| Gap Point | S 183° | 3,585 m | 17.6 mi |
| Browns Peak | S 180° | 3,567 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 183° | 3,472 m | 19.0 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | S 171° | 3,391 m | 15.8 mi |
| Elk Mountain | W 271° | 3,390 m | 12.5 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | S 189° | 3,318 m | 21.8 mi |
| Kennaday Peak | SW 224° | 3,290 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK MTN, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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