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Crescent Cliff

Crescent Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Crescent Cliff is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 2,191 m. Mount Field stands 2,600 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Lodge Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
2191 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.16635, -113.23231

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Big Lodge Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Tent Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Slippery Bill Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Red Plume Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Bullshoe Mountain: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Dean Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Aster falls: 22.1 mi
  • Appistoki Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Twin Falls: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Parks: 1
  • Wapiti Park: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Crescent Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FieldESE 106°2,600 m12.0 mi
Morningstar MountainE 80°2,553 m9.4 mi
Scarface MountainE 84°2,523 m9.8 mi
Mount PoiaE 84°2,521 m10.8 mi
Goat MountainNE 49°2,494 m5.5 mi
Mount RichmondE 97°2,489 m13.8 mi
Trilobite PeakSSE 163°2,488 m13.4 mi
Family PeakE 97°2,467 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0519:46
June solstice05:3320:4921:38
September equinox07:2018:5219:33
December solstice08:2215:4816:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222228364553605951402922
Precip in3.12.62.62.22.94.01.51.52.22.52.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357934144

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