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Burns Mountain

Burns Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Burns Mountain rises to 2,056 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Timber Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away. Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

About

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49016919, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2056 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.14853, -112.83419
Around it

89 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 54
Parks: 17
  • Bannack Historical Marker: 4.5 mi
  • Barretts Station Park: 4.7 mi
  • Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 9.9 mi
  • Museum and Depot Park: 10.6 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Church: 7.9 mi
  • Hangmans Gulch: 7.9 mi
  • Skinner's Saloon: 8.0 mi
  • Hotel Meade: 8.0 mi
  • Hardware Store Museum: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Clark's Lookout Monument: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • The Sandbar: 16.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Warm Spring: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burns Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tweedy MountainNNW 345°3,394 m23.8 mi
Torrey MountainNNW 342°3,392 m22.3 mi
Baldy MountainNNW 327°3,211 m17.1 mi
Alturas Number Two MountainNNW 333°3,191 m19.0 mi
Barb MountainNNW 347°3,190 m23.7 mi
Highboy MountainNNW 335°3,174 m20.7 mi
Comet MountainNNW 335°3,114 m23.8 mi
Tent MountainNNW 338°3,104 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0519:44
June solstice05:4520:3821:23
September equinox07:1918:5219:31
December solstice08:0816:0416:53

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029384754626152392718
Precip in0.30.60.61.01.61.80.60.70.90.90.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 18 WSW, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357924490

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