The Hawksbill
The Hawksbill is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 2,150 m. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Thunderbird Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2150 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Sentinel: 1.3 mi
- Chapman Peak: 1.4 mi
- Thunderbird Mountain: 1.5 mi
- The Guardhouse: 1.9 mi
- Shaheeya Peak: 2.2 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 0.7 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 2.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 5.4 mi
- Atsina Falls: 8.9 mi
- Paiota Falls: 9.0 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 12.2 mi
- Glacier Wall: 18.3 mi
- Grinnell Point: 18.6 mi
- The Coal Banks: 19.9 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 18.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 19.9 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of The Hawksbill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | E 99° | 3,190 m | 7.8 mi |
| Kintla Peak | W 271° | 3,079 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Merritt | ESE 116° | 3,054 m | 11.6 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | W 278° | 3,032 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Carter | SW 218° | 3,000 m | 4.5 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | SW 220° | 2,988 m | 5.7 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | WNW 293° | 2,959 m | 9.4 mi |
| Vulture Peak | S 183° | 2,937 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:07 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:54 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:28 | 16:46 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 30 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357931159
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- Glacier National Park · 21 mi
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