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Ash Mountain

Ash Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Ash Mountain rises to 3,116 m in Montana. Monument Peak stands 3,351 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmer Mountain, a peak 3.5 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 28 miles off.

The story

Ash Mountain is a mountain located in Park County, Montana, USA.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4804420, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3116 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.09994, -110.54937

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites: 11
  • Arch Park Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Albright Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Mammoth Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Lava Creek Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 10
Springs: 10
  • Palette Spring: 11.6 mi
  • New Blue Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Cupid Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Canary Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Dryad Springs: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 6
Parks: 4
  • Arch Park: 9.2 mi
  • Willow Park: 18.7 mi
  • Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 19.4 mi
  • Emigrant Gulch Historical Marker: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Ash Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monument PeakENE 67°3,351 m17.4 mi
Electric PeakWSW 245°3,341 m15.5 mi
Emigrant PeakNW 326°3,327 m13.6 mi
The PyramidNNE 29°3,272 m16.3 mi
Crow MountainNE 41°3,269 m14.7 mi
Mount WallaceNNE 31°3,240 m7.8 mi
Iron MountainENE 73°3,197 m12.7 mi
Sheep MountainW 277°3,189 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5619:35
June solstice05:3620:2821:14
September equinox07:1018:4319:22
December solstice07:5915:5516:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837455362706960473425
Precip in0.80.60.90.92.01.91.31.01.21.51.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357932629

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