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Allen Mountain

Allen Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Allen Mountain rises to 2,864 m in Montana. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Falls, a waterfall 1.8 miles away.

The story

Allen Mountain (9,381 ft (2,859 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Allen Mountain is NNW of Cracker Lake. The mountain is named to honor Cornelia Seward Allen, the granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State William H. Seward Sr. The mountain was named in 1891 by a party of explorers headed by George Bird Grinnell that included Cornelia's brother, William Henry Seward III, a Yale University classmate of Grinnell.

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Wikidata Q4731791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2864 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.75803, -113.65761

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 9
Attractions: 3
Parks: 2
  • Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
  • Belton Stage Park: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Silver Dollar Beach: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Apgar Picnic Area: 21.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Allen Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount JacksonSSW 195°3,064 m11.3 mi
Mount MerrittNW 323°3,054 m9.7 mi
Mount SiyehS 171°3,052 m2.1 mi
Cracker BenchmarkSSE 153°2,992 m2.0 mi
Going-to-the-Sun MountainSSE 168°2,939 m4.7 mi
Ipasha PeakNW 318°2,913 m8.7 mi
Mount GouldWSW 248°2,911 m2.8 mi
Little Chief MountainSSE 160°2,867 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0619:47
June solstice05:3220:5221:42
September equinox07:2218:5319:34
December solstice09:2616:4617:41

Local time (America/Edmonton).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232329374652605951403124
Precip in2.12.12.52.52.83.11.21.31.62.22.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 10 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357923488

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