Pine Creek Recreation Area
Pine Creek Recreation Area is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,731 m. Mount Douglas stands 3,439 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Delano, a peak 3.0 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1731 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Delano: 3.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Mount McKnight: 3.3 mi
- Marten Peak: 4.7 mi
- Elephanthead Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Ninth Street Park: 10.9 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 11.1 mi
- Miles Park: 11.1 mi
- G Street Park: 11.5 mi
- Mars Park: 11.7 mi
- Obscurity Crag: 7.0 mi
- 7-11 Crag: 7.1 mi
- Boundary Crag: 7.1 mi
- Allenspur Main Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Under the Sea Wall: 20.7 mi
- Yellowstone River Island Wilderness Study Area: 14.5 mi
- BLM: 18.8 mi
- State Trust: 20.1 mi
- Dome Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 24.1 mi
- State Trust: 24.2 mi
- Natural Bridge Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Passage Falls: 17.6 mi
- Palisade Falls: 20.1 mi
- Natural Bridge State Park: 15.5 mi
- Fort Parker: 15.8 mi
- History Rock: 23.1 mi
- Livingston Depot: 11.7 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Museum: 11.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Pine Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Douglas | SE 125° | 3,439 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Cowen | SSE 168° | 3,417 m | 7.5 mi |
| Snowy Peak | ESE 123° | 3,340 m | 22.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 124° | 3,337 m | 3.0 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | SSW 210° | 3,327 m | 18.5 mi |
| Black Spire | S 173° | 3,305 m | 7.3 mi |
| The Needles | SE 131° | 3,292 m | 13.7 mi |
| The Pyramid | SSE 154° | 3,272 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:29 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:52 | 16:42 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston 12 S, 2 mi away.
- thimbleberry28 obs
- Utah Honeysuckle22 obs
- fireweed22 obs
- creeping mahonia18 obs
- pipsissewa15 obs
- Richardson's geranium13 obs
- woodland pinedrops10 obs
- red osier dogwood10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357937871
Day trips start here
- Bozeman · 29 mi
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