Upper Mormon Spring
Upper Mormon Spring is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,236 m. Granite Peak stands 3,170 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Marys Peak, a peak 2.6 miles away. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
How to reach it
48 named places within 25 miles
- Saint Marys Peak: 2.6 mi
- North Bear Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Dilabaugh Buttes: 9.6 mi
- Wind Benchmark: 11.4 mi
- Schoettlin Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Arapahoe Wall: 14.7 mi
- Cyclone Rim: 15.2 mi
- Wapiti Wall: 19.2 mi
- B-17 Wall: 19.3 mi
- Erratic The Cove: 19.4 mi
- Rock Creek Hollow Monument: 8.3 mi
- Mill: 14.6 mi
- Miner's Delight: 14.4 mi
- South Pass City: 17.5 mi
- Eye of the Eagle: 21.6 mi
- South Pass Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Johnny Behind The Rocks: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Upper Mormon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | WNW 298° | 3,170 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pabst Peak | WNW 296° | 3,124 m | 23.1 mi |
| Rennecker Peak | WNW 294° | 3,064 m | 23.0 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NW 310° | 2,672 m | 15.9 mi |
| Young Mountain | NW 320° | 2,671 m | 22.0 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | NW 317° | 2,652 m | 17.8 mi |
| Continental Peak | SW 236° | 2,567 m | 15.2 mi |
| Pacific Butte | W 259° | 2,403 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:12 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 26 | 34 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlantic City, 15 mi away.
- Greater Short-horned Lizard2 obs
- Vesper Sparrow1 obs
- Antelope Bitterbrush1 obs
- Big Sagebrush1 obs
- sulfur buckwheat1 obs
- sagebrush buttercup1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/750301600
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