Alturas Number Two Mountain
Alturas Number Two Mountain rises to 3,191 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the north-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Alturas Number One Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,191 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grand Vista Scenic Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alturas Number One Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Tent Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Highboy Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Sawtooth Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Crystal Park: 7.8 mi
- Storm Park: 13.6 mi
- Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 21.1 mi
- Clark's Lookout State Park: 21.3 mi
- Clarks Lookout State Park: 21.4 mi
- Warm Spring: 15.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 20.7 mi
- Reservoir Spring: 20.7 mi
- Muller Spring: 21.6 mi
- Mill Spring: 21.7 mi
- Hangmans Gulch: 15.9 mi
- Hotel Meade: 16.1 mi
- Hardware Store Museum: 16.1 mi
- Skinner's Saloon: 16.1 mi
- School & Masonic Lodge: 16.1 mi
- Mill Point: 10.9 mi
- Long Slope: 21.8 mi
- Short Slope: 22.2 mi
- Coolidge: 6.8 mi
- Clark's Lookout Monument: 21.3 mi
- The Sandbar: 2.9 mi
- Aspen Rest Stop: 7.7 mi
- Lupine Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Beaverhead County Museum: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Alturas Number Two Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweedy Mountain | NNE 20° | 3,394 m | 6.3 mi |
| Torrey Mountain | NNE 23° | 3,392 m | 4.6 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNE 18° | 3,238 m | 12.6 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | SSW 197° | 3,211 m | 2.8 mi |
| Barb Mountain | NNE 27° | 3,190 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Alverson | N 10° | 3,176 m | 9.6 mi |
| Highboy Mountain | N 357° | 3,174 m | 1.9 mi |
| Black Lion Mountain | N 4° | 3,167 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:06 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:39 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:03 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 39 | 27 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 18 WSW, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 778993 — Alturas Number Two Mountain, Beaverhead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357932539
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