Lower Paintrock Lake Campground
Campground
Campground · 3.1 mi from the trail
Wyoming · Hiking · Near Hyattville
Main Paintrock
- 5.3 mi
- round trip
- 578 ft
- climb
- 9,112 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
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Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists an alert for Medicine Wheel Ranger District.
Forest Special Order 02-02-03-25-05 Shell Falls Interpretive Site Closure
Agency alert covering Medicine Wheel Ranger District · Order 02-02-03-25-05 · USFS · Medicine Wheel Ranger District
As of · Source: USFS · Medicine Wheel Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Main Paintrock is a moderate hike of about 5 miles round trip on natural trail in the Medicine Wheel Ranger District of Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming, managed by the Forest Service. The route rises about 580 feet from roughly 8,530 feet to 9,112 feet, making it an out-and-back that reaches a high point near 9,100 feet. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Burgess Junction put July highs around 71°F with lows near 42°F, while temperatures at the higher end of the trail run a little cooler. Horses are allowed, and the trail is on natural surface. Bikes are not. The Kiny White Cutoff Trail and Kinky White Cutoff are both about 0.7 miles away, and Lower Paintrock Lake Campground and Medicine Lodge Lake Campground are within 4 miles.
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More in Hyattville- Kiny White Cutoff TrailHiking0.7 mi
- KINKY WHITE CUTOFFHiking0.7 mi
- North High ParkHiking2.2 mi
- Lower Paintrock Lake CampgroundCamping3.1 mi
- Medicine Lodge Lake CampgroundCamping3.6 mi
- Medicine Lodge CreekCanoeing6.3 mi
- Paint Rock CreekCanoeing7.7 mi
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Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Kiny White Cutoff TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- North High ParkHiking · ~4 min drive
- Kiny White TrailHiking · ~5 min drive
- KINKY WHITE CUTOFFHiking · ~1 min drive
- Main Paintrock TrailHiking · ~6 min drive
- Long ParkHiking · ~7 min drive
- Main Paintrock TrailHiking · ~4 min drive
- Bald RidgeHiking · ~12 min drive
- EdelmanHiking · ~8 min drive
- Lily Lake Cut-OffHiking · ~5 min drive
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Best time to visit Main Paintrock
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
30° / 8°
Feb
29° / 7°
Mar
35° / 13°
Apr
41° / 18°
May
50° / 28°
Jun
61° / 35°
Jul
71° / 42°
Aug
70° / 41°
Sep
61° / 33°
Oct
46° / 23°
Nov
36° / 15°
Dec
29° / 8°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burgess Junction, WY, 29.9 mi away at 8,060 ft. The station sits about 1,100 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
