Name: Bridger Mountains

 

County: Fremont, Hot Springs

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1075902W

Latitude: 432930N

 

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Elevation: 7109/2167

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Range

 

Origin of Name:

Mountain group about 20 miles long and 15 miles wide, extending between the Bighorn Mountains, to the east, and the Owl Creek Mountains, to the west; it is bounded on the west by the Wind River and the Bighorn River, on the south by the Badwater Creek drainage, on the east by the Bridger Creek drainage, and on the northeast and north by the Kirby Creek drainage.

Source: Decisions, 1962

 

Other Names: Owl Creek Mountains, Owl Creek Range

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Guffy Peak

 

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