Bishops Cap
Bishops Cap rises to 2,707 m in Montana. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the south, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pollock Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Bishops Cap (9,127 feet (2,782 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Located above the Garden Wall and straddling the Continental Divide, when viewed from the south at Logan Pass, the peak appears to resemble a Bishop's headwear. The name Bishops Cap is descriptive only. The name has no known origin.
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Wikidata Q4918053, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2707 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pollock Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Haystack Butte: 1.2 mi
- Cataract Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mount Gould: 1.3 mi
- Piegan Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Morning Eagle Falls: 0.9 mi
- Piegan Falls: 1.8 mi
- Oberlin Falls: 1.8 mi
- Feather Plume Falls: 1.8 mi
- Haystack Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Glacier Wall: 4.2 mi
- Grinnell Point: 4.5 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 4.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 14.0 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 14.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 0.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.4 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 4.3 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 21.3 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 22.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 8.5 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Bishops Cap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | S 184° | 3,064 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Merritt | NNW 341° | 3,054 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | E 84° | 3,052 m | 2.7 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | E 81° | 2,992 m | 3.3 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | SE 125° | 2,939 m | 4.1 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NNW 338° | 2,913 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Gould | NNW 349° | 2,911 m | 1.3 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | S 169° | 2,909 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:26 | 15:47 | 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 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 13 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/357924047
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- Glacier National Park · 5 mi
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