Painted Rocks
Painted Rocks is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 890 m. Goat Peak stands 2,434 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Flathead Lake State Park - West Shore Unit, a park 3.2 miles away. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 890 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Flathead Lake State Park - West Shore Unit: 3.2 mi
- West Shore Unit - Flathead Lake State Park: 3.3 mi
- Flathead Lake State Park - Yellow Bay Unit: 6.7 mi
- Flathead Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Beardance Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Mount Johns: 4.3 mi
- Sunset Point: 5.0 mi
- Angel Hill: 5.7 mi
- Kerr Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Base Camp Bigfork: 11.3 mi
- hogheaven work: 14.4 mi
- Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village: 15.7 mi
- Echo Lake Cosway entrance: 16.8 mi
- Echo Lake Cosway Entrance: 16.9 mi
- Johnson Homestead: 5.5 mi
- Johnson Barn: 5.5 mi
- Family Life Christian Church Large Wooden Cross: 21.1 mi
- Flathead County Veterans Memorial: 21.4 mi
- Memorial Bench: 22.1 mi
- Polson Flathead Historical Museum: 15.0 mi
- Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village: 15.7 mi
- Three Chiefs Culture Center: 19.9 mi
- Glacier Art Museum: 21.2 mi
- Northwest Montana History Museum: 21.3 mi
- Skeeko Bay: 5.2 mi
- Long Beach: 9.8 mi
- Chief Cliff / snpc'anč'štis / k̓aǂtnawi¢nuk: 7.1 mi
- Chief Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Blair's Meadow: 15.3 mi
- Woodland Gazebo: 21.4 mi
- Smith Lake Waterfowl Production Area: 19.8 mi
- Riverbed Swim: 22.7 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 6.6 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
- Albino Buffalo: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Painted Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Peak | SSE 157° | 2,434 m | 22.5 mi |
| Gildart Peak | E 101° | 2,395 m | 23.5 mi |
| Warrior Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,367 m | 24.0 mi |
| Thunderbolt Mountain | E 97° | 2,366 m | 22.8 mi |
| Moss Peak | SSE 150° | 2,303 m | 17.7 mi |
| Cedar Peak | SSE 147° | 2,299 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Aeneas | NE 34° | 2,279 m | 20.2 mi |
| Big Hawk Mountain | NE 48° | 2,277 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:51 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:53 | 16:47 |
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 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bigfork 13 S, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357937604
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