Petes Hole
- 6.5 mi
- round trip
- 427 ft
- climb
- 9,177 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Petes Hole open right now?
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.
Petes Hole is a 6.50-mile out-and-back trail in Wyoming managed by the Forest Service. The trail gains 427 feet of elevation.
- Beaver Creek MesaHiking0.4 mi
- MaylandHiking0.6 mi
Bald Mountain CampgroundCampingPhoto: Bas van Oorschot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.8 mi- North BeaverHiking2.9 mi
- Porcupine CampgroundCamping3.5 mi
- NFSR 121 (a.k.a. Phone Booth Boulders)Rock climbing3.8 mi
- Five Springs Falls CampgroundCamping5.2 mi
- Intermission Fire boulders (a.k.a. Fruit Basket)Rock climbing6.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
HUDSON CREEKHiking · ~10 min drivePhoto: Bas van Oorschot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Beaver Creek MesaHiking · Next door
- Tillets HoleHiking · ~9 min drive
- Dry Horse TrailHiking · ~22 min drive
Prune CreekHiking · ~37 min drivePhoto: David Haile, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- MaylandHiking · ~1 min drive
- Mexican HillHiking · ~14 min drive
- Porcupine FallsHiking · ~10 min drive
- North BeaverHiking · ~5 min drive
- FullerHiking · ~18 min drive
Best time to visit Petes Hole
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, 17.1 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.
