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Grizzly Gate

Grizzly Gate from directly overhead

Grizzly Gate is an artwork in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 977 m. Sweeney Peak stands 2,795 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rankin Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 25 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2025-05-10
Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates46.86551, -113.98813

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rankin Park: 0.0 mi
  • Madison Park: 0.1 mi
  • River Bowl: 0.1 mi
  • Toole Park: 0.2 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 13
  • Water Wise Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.4 mi
  • 2nd St Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Northside Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Milwaukee Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 10
  • Montana Museum of Art and Culture: 0.2 mi
  • Arts Missoula: 0.4 mi
  • Missoula Art Museum: 0.5 mi
  • E3 Convergance Gallery: 0.6 mi
  • Montana Natural History Center / Five Valleys Land Trust: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 3
  • Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 12.0 mi
  • Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 22.3 mi
  • Grand Menard Picnic Site: 24.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Colma Spring: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Grizzly Gate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweeney PeakSW 216°2,795 m18.7 mi
Lolo PeakSW 223°2,786 m17.9 mi
Pyramid ButtesSW 218°2,693 m20.8 mi
McLeod PeakN 11°2,631 m16.2 mi
Murphy PeakN 3°2,488 m13.3 mi
Mosquito PeakNNE 12°2,444 m12.4 mi
Point SixN 0°2,420 m12.1 mi
Stuart PeakNNE 18°2,398 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:0919:49
June solstice05:4220:4721:35
September equinox07:2418:5519:35
December solstice08:1915:5916:51

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273138455460696858453426
Precip in1.21.11.21.72.32.61.01.01.11.41.41.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Missoula 2 NE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13231411139

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