Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park
Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park is a park in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,355 m. Granite Peak stands 3,218 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dolomite Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dolomite Knob: 0.8 mi
- Cave Mountain: 1.1 mi
- London Peak: 1.8 mi
- London Hills: 1.8 mi
- Doherty Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park: 1.4 mi
- Lewis and Clark Expedition Campsite Historical Marker: 5.4 mi
- Father De Smet Historical Marker: 5.4 mi
- Parker Homestead State Park: 9.7 mi
- Stateler Monument: 11.0 mi
- Round Spring: 2.9 mi
- Norris Hot Springs: 19.4 mi
- Friend Spring: 21.1 mi
- Trail Spring: 21.4 mi
- Boyd Spring: 21.9 mi
- Renova Hotspring: 12.8 mi
- Renova Hotspring: 12.8 mi
- Renova Hotspring: 12.8 mi
- Renova Hotspring: 12.8 mi
- Jefferson Valley Museum: 11.6 mi
- Headwaters Heritage Museum: 15.8 mi
- Headwaters Railroad & Trident Heritage Center: 15.9 mi
- Three Forks Rodeo Grounds: 15.4 mi
- Madison Buffalo Jump State Monument: 19.3 mi
- National Museum of Machinery: 22.3 mi
- Pony: 11.6 mi
- Three Forks Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Lost Tomahawk: 16.4 mi
- Boulder Creek: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | SSW 206° | 3,218 m | 19.9 mi |
| Hollowtop Mountain | SSW 205° | 3,216 m | 16.3 mi |
| Lakeshore Mountain | SW 217° | 3,179 m | 19.8 mi |
| A P A Mountain | SW 218° | 3,167 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Jackson | SW 215° | 3,165 m | 19.8 mi |
| Lonesome Peak | SSW 201° | 3,148 m | 20.3 mi |
| Noble Peak | SSW 208° | 3,147 m | 20.3 mi |
| Thompson Peak | SSW 200° | 3,147 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:01 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:36 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 15:56 | 16:46 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trident, 21 mi away.
- Plains Pricklypear34 obs
- limber pine29 obs
- Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany21 obs
- Rocky Mountain Juniper19 obs
- great mullein13 obs
- Townsend's Big-eared Bat13 obs
- Missouri Foxtail Cactus12 obs
- Mountain Bluebird10 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/587731152
Day trips start here
- Three Forks · 16 mi
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