Anaconda Smelter Stack
Anaconda Smelter Stack is an attraction in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,754 m. Mount Haggin stands 3,233 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The old Anaconda Copper Company smelter stack, completed in 1919, is one of the tallest free-standing brick structures in the world at 585 feet. The inside diameter is 75 feet at the bottom, tapering to 60 feet at the top.
The story
smoke stack at Anaconda, Montana, USA
Dates from 1919-05-05.
Wikidata Q483555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 178.3 m
- Material
- brick
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Garrity Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Mount Haggin: 8.9 mi
- Short Peak: 9.9 mi
- Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park: 0.1 mi
- Anaconda Historical Marker: 1.2 mi
- Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park: 1.2 mi
- Goodman Park: 1.4 mi
- The Copper Chute: 1.6 mi
- Anselmo Mine: 18.7 mi
- The Original Butte Copper Mine: 19.1 mi
- Town Talk Bakery: 19.9 mi
- Milwaukee Road Little Joe: 21.2 mi
- Milwaukee Road E9: 21.2 mi
- World Museum of Mining: 18.1 mi
- Bank Building: 18.1 mi
- World Museum of Mining: 18.1 mi
- Church at World Museum of Mining: 18.1 mi
- Historic Clark Chateau Museum & Gallery: 19.0 mi
- John F. Kennedy: 2.3 mi
- Bob Green: 18.3 mi
- Orediggers: 18.3 mi
- Montana Tech: 18.3 mi
- Bob Green: 18.3 mi
- Gregson: 6.6 mi
- Silver Bow: 13.9 mi
- Southern Cross: 16.9 mi
- Granite: 21.3 mi
- Granite Mountain Memorial Area: 19.5 mi
- Speculator Mine Disaster Memorial: 19.6 mi
- Our Lady of the Rockies: 23.7 mi
- Our Lady Of The Rockies: 23.7 mi
- Anaconda Rest Area: 5.2 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Southbound: 21.8 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound: 22.0 mi
- Echo Lake Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Sheepshead Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Freedom Point PIcnic Area: 21.6 mi
- MT Corrections: 21.3 mi
- State: 21.3 mi
- Deer Spring: 6.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Anaconda Smelter Stack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Haggin | W 260° | 3,233 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Evans | WSW 253° | 3,229 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Howe | WSW 254° | 3,192 m | 15.1 mi |
| Short Peak | WSW 249° | 3,134 m | 9.9 mi |
| Fish Peak | WSW 250° | 3,108 m | 21.5 mi |
| Queener Mountain | WSW 252° | 3,093 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Powell | N 349° | 3,080 m | 16.9 mi |
| Kurt Peak | WSW 254° | 3,041 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:05 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:41 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 15:59 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anaconda, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/2209287294
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