Barrier Buttes
Barrier Buttes rises to 2,257 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Despair, a peak 1.4 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,257 m
How to reach it
82 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Despair: 1.4 mi
- Eagle Ribs Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Brave Dog Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Skeleton Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Grizzly Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 5.0 mi
- Aster falls: 6.6 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.7 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 7.6 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 8.7 mi
- All Chief's Park: 22.2 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 22.6 mi
- Wapiti Park: 24.9 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 24.2 mi
- McCarthyville: 7.7 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 21.5 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barrier Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | N 0° | 2,899 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Phillips | NW 323° | 2,894 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | NNW 340° | 2,862 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | W 277° | 2,857 m | 6.2 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | NNW 344° | 2,809 m | 8.5 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | NNE 14° | 2,755 m | 2.7 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | WNW 297° | 2,692 m | 5.2 mi |
| Church Butte | W 271° | 2,687 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:39 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 15:48 | 16:42 |
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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357932859
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- Glacier National Park · 27 mi
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