Big Mountain
Big Mountain rises to 1,999 m in Montana. Crow Peak stands 2,861 m to the west, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Glendale Butte, a peak 1.5 miles away. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,999 m
How to reach it
89 named places within 25 miles
- Glendale Butte: 1.5 mi
- Giant Hill: 3.0 mi
- Frenchman Hill: 5.5 mi
- Park Peak: 7.0 mi
- Crow Peak: 8.7 mi
- Heritage Park: 10.3 mi
- Massa Park: 10.3 mi
- Memorial VeteranPark: 10.5 mi
- Elkhorn State Park: 10.6 mi
- Holloway Park: 10.6 mi
- White Rock Spring: 2.3 mi
- Piedmont Spring: 2.8 mi
- Elkhorn Spring: 3.0 mi
- Bomar Spring: 3.7 mi
- Two Sam Spring: 4.5 mi
- Elkhorn: 10.6 mi
- Lombard: 19.3 mi
- Louisville: 20.4 mi
- Comet: 21.4 mi
- Townsend Fairgrounds: 12.2 mi
- Edgewater Farms: 12.6 mi
- Jefferson County Fairgrounds: 19.2 mi
- Lorelei day use area: 23.8 mi
- Broadwater County Museum: 10.6 mi
- Jefferson County Museum: 18.3 mi
- The Heritage Center: 19.0 mi
- Elder Creek Picinic Area: 22.9 mi
- Lewis Clark picnic: 23.5 mi
- Lewis and Clark Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Tizer Botanic Garden & Arboretum: 15.9 mi
- BLM: 20.0 mi
- Three Forks Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Peak | W 280° | 2,861 m | 8.7 mi |
| Elkhorn Peak | WNW 285° | 2,855 m | 9.7 mi |
| Windy Point | WNW 284° | 2,751 m | 10.1 mi |
| Casey Peak | NNW 337° | 2,588 m | 11.8 mi |
| High Peak | NNW 332° | 2,585 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Thompson | W 279° | 2,415 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bullock Hill | NW 306° | 2,413 m | 9.6 mi |
| Sixmile Mountain | ESE 102° | 2,321 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:00 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:37 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 15:53 | 16:44 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 3SE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 794755 — Big Mountain, Broadwater County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357941354
Day trips start here
- Three Forks · 27 mi
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