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Bighorn Mountains

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Cloud Peak (13,166 ft/4013 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Wyoming (71%), Montana (29%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	15,639 sq mi / 40,504 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	217 mi / 349 km North-South 150 mi / 241 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	44° 37' N; 107° 35' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Bighorn Mountains
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Bighorn Mountains.

Greater Yellowstone Rockies	Level 3 (Parent)
Teton Range-Yellowstone Area	Level 4 (Sibling)
Absaroka Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Bighorn Mountains	Level 4
Pryor Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Northern Bighorn Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Central Bighorn Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Bighorn Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Bridger Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Wind River Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Great Divide Basin Area	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Bighorn Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Cloud Peak	13,166	4013	Central Bighorn Mountains
2.	The Merlon	13,038	3974	Central Bighorn Mountains
3.	Black Tooth Mountain	12,998	3962	Central Bighorn Mountains
4.	Mount Woolsey	12,968	3953	Central Bighorn Mountains
5.	Bomber Mountain	12,882	3926	Central Bighorn Mountains
6.	The Innominate	12,756	3888	Central Bighorn Mountains
7.	Sawtooth Mountain	12,647	3855	Central Bighorn Mountains
8.	Peak 12590	12,601	3841	Central Bighorn Mountains
9.	Peak 12473	12,486	3806	Central Bighorn Mountains
10.	Penrose Peak	12,466	3800	Central Bighorn Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Cloud Peak	13,166	4013	Central Bighorn Mountains
2.	Hazelton Pyramid	10,536	3211	Southern Bighorn Mountains
3.	Bald Mountain	10,044	3061	Northern Bighorn Mountains
4.	Big Pryor Mountain	8786	2678	Pryor Mountains
5.	Copper Mountain	8312	2533	Bridger Mountains

Photos of Peaks in the Bighorn Mountains

Cloud Peak The summit of Cloud Peak, the talus fields made treacherous by a September snowfall (1992-09-10).	Black Tooth Mountain Black Tooth Mountain seen in the distance at the head of Wilderness Basin (2020-08-04). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bomber Mountain Doing the long walk up Bomber's ridge, with all the peaks in view (2018-09-01). Photo by Gary Neben. Click here for larger-size photo.	Sheridan County High Point The final summit boulder of Sheridan County's "Split Rock" (2011-09-19). Photo by Josh Carlson. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bald Mountain Lupe with Bald Mountain behind her just before starting ascent. Summit at left of photo. 1st day of July, 2013 vacation to Bighorns, Beartooths, and Canadian Rockies. Photo looking WNW (2013-07-10). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Duncum Mountain - North Peak Barely need to put shoes on for this one! (2018-07-17). Photo by Daniel Mick. Click here for larger-size photo.
Big Horn County High Point Sunset from the summit area (2018-07-17). Photo by Daniel Mick. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mine Benchmark A few hundred yards from the rocky scrambley "summit" (2018-07-19). Photo by Daniel Mick. Click here for larger-size photo.
Big Pryor Mountain The upper meadow of Big Pryor with cairn (2018-07-17). Photo by Daniel Mick. Click here for larger-size photo.	East Pryor Mountain This fence is the crux of the short walk, other than the drive up (2018-07-17). Photo by Daniel Mick. Click here for larger-size photo.

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