Amphitheater Mountain
Amphitheater Mountain rises to 2,648 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the southwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Medicine Owl Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Amphitheater Mountain (8,695 feet (2,650 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Amphitheater Mountain is a descriptive name given to the peak because of its resemblance to the Greek Amphitheater. The mountain's Blackfoot name is Three Horns or Niuóxkai-ozkina for a Blackfoot warrior who captured a Nez Perce woman as was able to live happily ever after. The mountain has also been named Whalen Mountain for a former park ranger.
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Wikidata Q4748391, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,648 m
How to reach it
106 named places within 25 miles
- Medicine Owl Peak: 0.7 mi
- Mount James: 1.1 mi
- Kakitos Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Triple Divide Peak: 2.3 mi
- Split Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 2.4 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 7.1 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 7.1 mi
- Baring Falls: 7.2 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 7.5 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 12.2 mi
- Beaver Slide: 12.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 15.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 16.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 16.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 21.7 mi
- All Chief's Park: 21.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 14.1 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 17.6 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 6.1 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.4 mi
- McCarthyville: 22.9 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Amphitheater Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SW 224° | 3,091 m | 8.1 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NW 313° | 2,939 m | 9.3 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | W 262° | 2,909 m | 8.4 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SSE 155° | 2,899 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Phillips | SSW 192° | 2,894 m | 8.6 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,867 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount James | SSW 192° | 2,857 m | 1.1 mi |
| Red Mountain | SSE 147° | 2,856 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:46 | 16:41 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357923502
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- Glacier National Park · 15 mi
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