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Bear Mountain Point

Bear Mountain Point, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mountain Point is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,833 m. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the west, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Gros Ventre Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1833 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.93470, -113.74928

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 1
  • Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 13.1 mi
Parks: 1
  • Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Silver Dollar Beach: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Bear Mountain Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ClevelandW 262°3,190 m4.5 mi
Mount MerrittSSW 201°3,054 m4.8 mi
Mount SiyehSSE 162°3,052 m14.9 mi
Cracker BenchmarkSSE 160°2,992 m14.9 mi
Vulture PeakWSW 242°2,937 m14.2 mi
Ipasha PeakSSW 196°2,913 m6.0 mi
Mount GouldS 173°2,911 m13.4 mi
Kaina MountainWNW 301°2,892 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0619:48
June solstice05:3220:5321:43
September equinox07:2218:5319:35
December solstice09:2716:4517:41

Local time (America/Edmonton).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232329374652605951403124
Precip in2.12.12.52.52.83.11.21.31.62.22.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 20 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357923817

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