Angel Wing
Angel Wing rises to 2,257 m in Montana. Mount Merritt stands 3,054 m to the north-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Grinnell Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away.
The story
Angel Wing is a 7,430-foot (2,260-meter) elevation mountain summit located in the Lewis Range, of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated one mile east of the Continental Divide, in Glacier County. It can be seen from the Many Glacier area, and up close from the Grinnell Glacier Trail. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises nearly 2,500 feet (760 meters) above Grinnell Lake in one-half mile.
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Wikidata Q49008802, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2257 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Gould: 1.0 mi
- Mount Grinnell: 1.5 mi
- Haystack Butte: 1.9 mi
- Bishops Cap: 2.3 mi
- Allen Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Grinnell Falls: 0.5 mi
- Feather Plume Falls: 0.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.0 mi
- Salamander Falls: 1.1 mi
- Morning Eagle Falls: 1.6 mi
- Grinnell Point: 2.4 mi
- Glacier Wall: 4.8 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 7.1 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 12.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.3 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 2.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.1 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 23.1 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 9.6 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Angel Wing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Merritt | NNW 336° | 3,054 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | SE 126° | 3,052 m | 3.4 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | ESE 118° | 2,992 m | 3.8 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | SE 143° | 2,939 m | 5.8 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NNW 332° | 2,913 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Gould | S 188° | 2,911 m | 1.0 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | SE 146° | 2,867 m | 9.4 mi |
| Allen Mountain | E 89° | 2,864 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 09:26 | 16:46 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 768261 — Angel Wing, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357923515
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 6 mi
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