Big Horn Peak
Big Horn Peak rises to 3,028 m in Montana. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is King Butte, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Big Horn Peak is a 9,935-foot (3,028-metre) mountain summit in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.
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Wikidata Q49012538, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,028 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- King Butte: 1.5 mi
- Meldrum Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Canary Bird Peak: 2.7 mi
- Lava Butte: 2.9 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.9 mi
- Arch Park: 16.8 mi
- Golden Stone Park - South: 18.2 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 17.8 mi
- Palette Spring: 18.1 mi
- Cupid Spring: 18.1 mi
- New Blue Spring: 18.1 mi
- Dryad Springs: 18.1 mi
- Red Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.3 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 12.9 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 13.6 mi
- Point of Rocks: 15.4 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 13.0 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 16.9 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 17.0 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 18.1 mi
- Osprey Falls: 20.4 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Rustic Falls: 18.4 mi
- Undine Falls: 21.8 mi
- Wraith Falls: 22.8 mi
- Aldridge: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Big Horn Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | ESE 112° | 3,341 m | 11.2 mi |
| Sage Peak | SW 226° | 3,189 m | 13.4 mi |
| Joseph Peak | SE 133° | 3,176 m | 11.0 mi |
| Redstreak Peak | SW 217° | 3,151 m | 13.1 mi |
| Gray Peak | SE 136° | 3,139 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SE 144° | 3,137 m | 14.9 mi |
| White Peak | SW 215° | 3,121 m | 13.0 mi |
| Ramshorn Peak | NNW 341° | 3,113 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:58 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:30 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:57 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 17 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; 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 800444 — Big Horn Peak, Gallatin County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357956460
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 17 mi
- West Yellowstone · 28 mi
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