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Big Slide

Big Slide, seen from above at true elevation

Big Slide is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,507 m. Red Mountain stands 2,866 m to the east-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1507 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.15383, -112.93699
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mineral Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Lake Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Falls Point: 4.9 mi
Parks: 7
  • Copenhaver Park: 11.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Park: 16.0 mi
  • Hooper State Park: 18.6 mi
  • Blackfoot Pathways: Sculptures in the Wild: 18.7 mi
  • Linxoln Community River Park: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • North Fork Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 19.5 mi
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Aspen Grove Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Big Slide. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainESE 105°2,866 m9.7 mi
Scapegoat MountainNNE 25°2,800 m11.9 mi
Flint MountainN 5°2,749 m12.9 mi
Evans PeakNNE 20°2,696 m8.6 mi
Olson PeakENE 62°2,690 m9.3 mi
Pyramid PeakENE 72°2,647 m9.6 mi
Foolhen MountainNW 318°2,600 m14.3 mi
Observation PointN 1°2,593 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0419:44
June solstice05:3720:4421:32
September equinox07:1918:5119:31
December solstice08:1615:5316:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533404856636153423022
Precip in1.52.31.31.52.02.60.81.01.31.61.31.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln RS, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357933119

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