Bearmouth
Bearmouth is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,159 m. Black Pine Ridge stands 2,418 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bearmouth Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound, a rest area 0.6 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 8.1 miles off.
human settlement in Granite County, Montana, United States of America
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Garnet Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Baldy: 4.6 mi
- Medicine Tree Hill: 6.5 mi
- King Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Harvey Point: 7.3 mi
- Union Peak: 7.5 mi
- Beavertail Hill State Park: 11.6 mi
- Jackson Park: 18.0 mi
- Thibodeau Campground: 21.1 mi
- Hellgate Park: 23.1 mi
- Hampton South: 23.5 mi
- Nimrod: 6.9 mi
- Garnet: 8.0 mi
- Coloma: 9.5 mi
- Gold Creek: 21.9 mi
- Bearmouth Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 0.6 mi
- Bearmouth Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 0.8 mi
- Clearwater Junction Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Bearmouth Spring: 0.6 mi
- Lodgepole Spring: 10.0 mi
- Colma Spring: 14.0 mi
- Garnet Ghost Town: 7.9 mi
- American Legion Rodeo Grounds: 9.3 mi
- Ohrmann Museum & Gallery: 9.2 mi
- The Brand Bar Museum: 23.4 mi
- Nimrod Warm Springs: 5.9 mi
- Capt John Mullan: 9.2 mi
- Rock Creek Confluence: 16.1 mi
- Brock Creek: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Bearmouth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Pine Ridge | SSW 196° | 2,418 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Princeton | SSE 152° | 2,408 m | 20.4 mi |
| Silver King Mountain | SSW 203° | 2,392 m | 15.3 mi |
| Sliderock Mountain | SW 232° | 2,374 m | 13.5 mi |
| Devil Mountain | E 83° | 2,256 m | 20.6 mi |
| Spink Point | SW 230° | 2,215 m | 17.2 mi |
| Hoodoo Mountain | ENE 75° | 2,195 m | 21.1 mi |
| Henderson Mountain | S 178° | 2,164 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:06 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:44 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 15:57 | 16:49 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 30 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Drummond Aviation, 9 mi away.
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