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The Wyoming Range is a mountain range located in western Wyoming. It is a range of the Rocky Mountains that runs north-south near the western edge of the state. Its highest peak is Wyoming Peak , which stands at 11,383 feet (3,470 m) above sea-level . [ 1 ]
Snowy Range, Albany County, Wyoming. According to the United States Board on Geographic Names, there are at least 109 named mountain ranges and sub-ranges in Wyoming. Wyoming / w aɪ ˈ oʊ m ɪ ŋ / ⓘ is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States.
Gannett Peak is the highest summit of the Wind River Range, the U.S. State of Wyoming, and the Central Rocky Mountains. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of Wyoming. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Beaver Mountain is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of the Continental Divide in the Wyoming Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It is set on land managed by Bridger–Teton National Forest and can be seen from Highway 189/191. The nearest city is Jackson, Wyoming, 17 miles (27 km) to
Wyoming Peak (11,383 feet (3,470 m)) is the tallest mountain in the Wyoming Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [3] Situated in Bridger-Teton National Forest, a now collapsed fire lookout is located on the summit. [4] Wyoming Peak is .75 miles (1.21 km) south-southeast of Coffin Peak, the second highest peak in the Wyoming Range. [5]
Wyoming is the least populous U.S. state [1] and has the second-lowest population density behind Alaska. Wyoming's western half is covered mostly by the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern half of the state is high-elevation prairie called the High Plains.
All mountain ranges in Wyoming should be included in this category, including mountain ranges in sub-categories; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain ranges of Wyoming; See also category Mountains of Wyoming
Wyoming's western half consists mostly of the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains; its eastern half consists of high-elevation prairie, and is referred to as the High Plains. Wyoming's climate is semi-arid in some parts and continental in others, making it drier and windier overall than other states, with greater temperature extremes.