Parent range Washakie Range Easiest route Scramble Prominence 411 m | Topo map USGS Monument Peak Elevation 3,817 m | |
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Location Hot Springs County, Wyoming, U.S. Similar Trout Peak, Mount Cowen, Francs Peak, Pilot Peak, Downs Mountain | ||
Washakie Needles (12,523 feet (3,817 m)) is the highest peak in the Washakie Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Washakie Needles is in the Washakie Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest. The Washakie Range is one of the southern group of mountains within the Absaroka Range, the other being the Owl Creek Mountains. Washakie Needles is only .8 mi (1.3 km) south of the slightly lower Dome Mountain, the second tallest peak in the Washakie Range. Part of the Absaroka volcanic field, the dacites that comprise the summit needles or pillars on Washakie Needles have been dated at 38.8 million years old, and are the youngest volcanic rocks associated with the Absarokas.
Map of Washakie Needles, Wyoming 82443, USA
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