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Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park

Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park from directly overhead

Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park is a park in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,592 m. Mount Haggin stands 3,233 m to the west-southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Goodman Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.12317, -112.93168

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Grassy Mountain: 7.6 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 7.7 mi
  • Garrity Mountain: 7.7 mi
  • Mount Haggin: 8.3 mi
  • Olson Mountain: 9.1 mi
Parks: 54
  • Goodman Park: 0.2 mi
  • Anaconda Rotary Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Copper Chute: 0.4 mi
  • Anaconda Historical Marker: 0.6 mi
  • Friendship Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 21
Museums: 18
Artworks: 6
  • John F. Kennedy: 1.1 mi
  • Bob Green: 19.4 mi
  • Orediggers: 19.4 mi
  • Montana Tech: 19.4 mi
  • Bob Green: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Echo Lake Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Sheepshead Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Freedom Point PIcnic Area: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Springs: 1
  • Deer Spring: 7.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HagginWSW 253°3,233 m8.3 mi
Mount EvansWSW 248°3,229 m13.4 mi
Mount HoweWSW 249°3,192 m14.6 mi
Short PeakWSW 242°3,134 m9.5 mi
Fish PeakWSW 247°3,108 m21.0 mi
Queener MountainWSW 249°3,093 m19.0 mi
Mount PowellN 352°3,080 m15.9 mi
Kurt PeakWSW 251°3,041 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0519:44
June solstice05:4120:4121:27
September equinox07:1918:5219:31
December solstice08:1215:5916:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262835425058666456443225
Precip in0.61.01.11.52.12.21.31.21.11.01.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anaconda, 2 mi away.

  • Mule Deer13 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush5 obs
  • western blue flag4 obs
  • Mountain Bluebird3 obs
  • Western Honey Bee3 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil3 obs
  • chokecherry3 obs
  • Yellow Sweetclover3 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/335381884

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