Brave Dog Mountain
Brave Dog Mountain rises to 2,583 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Brave Dog Mountain (8,468 feet (2,581 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.
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Wikidata Q4958351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,583 m
How to reach it
82 named places within 25 miles
- Sheep Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Soldier Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Barrier Buttes: 2.5 mi
- Statuary Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Church Butte: 2.9 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 7.0 mi
- Twin Falls: 8.3 mi
- Aster falls: 8.7 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 9.9 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 10.8 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 24.2 mi
- McCarthyville: 6.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 22.6 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.0 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 24.3 mi
- All Chief's Park: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brave Dog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NNE 12° | 2,899 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Phillips | NNW 340° | 2,894 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | N 4° | 2,862 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | WNW 299° | 2,857 m | 4.7 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | N 359° | 2,809 m | 9.6 mi |
| Eaglehead Mountain | NW 320° | 2,773 m | 10.3 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | NNE 33° | 2,755 m | 4.9 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | NW 326° | 2,692 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:39 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 798901 — Brave Dog Mountain, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357954780
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 27 mi
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