Battlement Mountain
Battlement Mountain rises to 2,692 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the north-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Vigil Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
Battlement Mountain (8,830 feet (2,691 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Lake Isabel is northeast of the peak.
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Wikidata Q4873175, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2692 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Vigil Peak: 1.6 mi
- Caper Peak: 1.6 mi
- Statuary Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Saint Nicholas: 2.2 mi
- Church Butte: 2.3 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 5.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.0 mi
- Aster falls: 7.6 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 8.9 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 9.6 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 19.6 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 24.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 23.6 mi
- Glacier Highline: 24.2 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 23.8 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 24.7 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 10.1 mi
- McCarthyville: 10.6 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 18.5 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 21.3 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Battlement Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | NNW 329° | 3,091 m | 8.1 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NE 40° | 2,899 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Phillips | N 356° | 2,894 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | ENE 57° | 2,862 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | SW 223° | 2,857 m | 2.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,856 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | NNW 328° | 2,836 m | 6.6 mi |
| 2825 | NE 45° | 2,825 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:51 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 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, 14 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/357923788
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 22 mi
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