Bad Marriage Mountain
Bad Marriage Mountain rises to 2,542 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the south, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Plume Mountain (8724 ft), a peak 1.0 miles away. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Bad Marriage Mountain (8,350 feet (2,545 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The mountain was named by Superintendent E. T. Scoyen for a Blackfoot Indian leader Bad Married. Bad Marriage Mountain became the accepted colloquial name. At one time, the summit was called Elk Tongue by J.W. Schultz, an early chronicler of park geography and activities. Because no Blackfoot equivalent to Elk Tongue was found, the English name was dropped and Bad Marriage Mountain became the official name.
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Wikidata Q4840375, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,542 m
How to reach it
99 named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Plume Mountain (8724 ft): 1.0 mi
- 7885 ft: 1.1 mi
- 7780 ft: 1.7 mi
- Medicine Grizzly Peak: 2.2 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 1.5 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 5.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.3 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 6.6 mi
- Aster falls: 6.9 mi
- Beaver Slide: 14.0 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 15.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 19.2 mi
- Grinnell Point: 19.4 mi
- Glacier Wall: 20.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 14.7 mi
- All Chief's Park: 18.5 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 18.5 mi
- Weeping Wall: 17.9 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 21.4 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 9.5 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 18.1 mi
- McCarthyville: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bad Marriage Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | S 178° | 2,899 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Phillips | SW 218° | 2,894 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | S 190° | 2,862 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount James | WNW 289° | 2,857 m | 3.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | S 186° | 2,856 m | 2.2 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | SSW 204° | 2,809 m | 5.2 mi |
| Norris Mountain | W 277° | 2,716 m | 5.3 mi |
| White Calf Mountain | N 6° | 2,699 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:51 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| 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, 12 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/357923619
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- Glacier National Park · 19 mi
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