Roosevelt Arch
Roosevelt Arch is an attraction in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,621 m. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Arch Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
triumphal arch at the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Montana, United States
Dates from 1903.
Wikidata Q2214919, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Butte: 2.9 mi
- Turkey Pen Peak: 3.6 mi
- Sepulcher Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Capitol Hill: 4.0 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Palette Spring: 3.9 mi
- New Blue Spring: 4.2 mi
- Cupid Spring: 4.2 mi
- Dryad Springs: 4.3 mi
- Canary Spring: 4.3 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 0.2 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 4.1 mi
- Osprey Falls: 7.1 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 7.1 mi
- Frog Rock: 8.6 mi
- Rustic Falls: 6.6 mi
- Undine Falls: 6.8 mi
- Wraith Falls: 7.7 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
- Passage Falls: 17.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 6.2 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 8.0 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 8.6 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Bijah Springs: 18.6 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 19.1 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 19.1 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 19.2 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 19.2 mi
- Arch Park: 0.1 mi
- Willow Park: 11.4 mi
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 19.4 mi
- Emigrant Gulch Historical Marker: 21.5 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 20.2 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 20.9 mi
- Aldridge: 4.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Roosevelt Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | WSW 255° | 3,341 m | 6.5 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | N 0° | 3,327 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Wallace | NE 46° | 3,240 m | 16.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | N 4° | 3,189 m | 5.8 mi |
| Joseph Peak | WSW 240° | 3,176 m | 9.9 mi |
| Monitor Peak | NNE 19° | 3,168 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Holmes | SSW 206° | 3,149 m | 16.2 mi |
| Gray Peak | SW 235° | 3,139 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
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 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, under a mile away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/98558870
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 0 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 29 mi
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