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Bow Mountain

Bow Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bow Mountain rises to 2,383 m in Montana. Old Baldy stands 2,769 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Angle Point, a peak 1.9 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Montana, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49015113, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,383 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.95467, -113.06451

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 4
  • Wapiti Park: 9.5 mi
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 10.4 mi
  • Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area: 19.1 mi
  • Ear Mountain State Game Refuge: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Dean Falls: 8.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 24.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Bow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Old BaldyESE2,769 m13.2 mi
Three SistersS2,711 m12.6 mi
Mount WrightE2,701 m10.2 mi
Pentagon MountainSW2,698 m3.4 mi
Mount LockhartESE2,643 m10.2 mi
Mount FieldNNE2,600 m11.9 mi
Teton PeakESE2,560 m11.4 mi
Mount Patrick GassENE2,544 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0419:45
June solstice05:3420:4721:36
September equinox07:2018:5119:32
December solstice08:2015:4916:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242431384653626052413124
Precip in0.70.90.81.62.93.11.11.31.31.10.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibson DAM, 28 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 780298 — Bow Mountain, Flathead County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357933425

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