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Devils Slide

Devils Slide, seen from above at true elevation

Devils Slide is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,981 m. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the south-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cinnabar Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1981 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.09216, -110.79966

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 10
  • Palette Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Orange Spring Mound: 9.6 mi
  • New Blue Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Cupid Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Dryad Springs: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Arch Park Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Albright Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Mammoth Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Lava Creek Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Parks: 7
  • Arch Park: 6.1 mi
  • Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 14.1 mi
  • Willow Park: 15.8 mi
  • Emigrant Gulch Historical Marker: 17.0 mi
  • Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Hot springs: 5
  • Bijah Springs: 23.1 mi
  • Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 23.7 mi
  • Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 23.7 mi
  • Frying Pan Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Frying Pan Bowl: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Devils Slide. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Electric PeakSSW 197°3,341 m6.3 mi
Emigrant PeakNNE 21°3,327 m12.6 mi
Mount WallaceENE 66°3,240 m17.8 mi
Sheep MountainENE 73°3,189 m5.0 mi
Joseph PeakSSW 204°3,176 m10.1 mi
Monitor PeakENE 58°3,168 m9.0 mi
Gray PeakSSW 201°3,139 m11.0 mi
Bannock PeakSSW 194°3,137 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:36
June solstice05:3720:2921:15
September equinox07:1118:4419:23
December solstice08:0015:5616:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837455362706960473425
Precip in0.80.60.90.92.01.91.31.01.21.51.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357934359

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