Burnt Mountain
Burnt Mountain rises to 2,393 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bare Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Carbon County, Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2393 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 12 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 12 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 22 mi
- Falls · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bare Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Nichols Peak: 4.3 mi
- Butcher Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 5.1 mi
- Field School Park: 9.8 mi
- Lions Park: 9.8 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 9.9 mi
- Pride Park: 9.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 10.1 mi
- Calamity Falls: 5.2 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 5.7 mi
- Impasse Falls: 15.9 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 20.8 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 23.4 mi
- Corner Spring: 19.1 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 19.7 mi
- Chappel Spring: 20.9 mi
- Cherry Spring: 21.1 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 5.7 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 24.4 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 9.9 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 12.0 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Burnt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | WSW 258° | 3,903.5 m | 18.0 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | W 259° | 3,882 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Wood | WNW 283° | 3,846 m | 18.3 mi |
| Castle Mountain | SW 228° | 3,842 m | 12.1 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | SW 218° | 3,821 m | 11.2 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | SW 216° | 3,803 m | 8.1 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | WSW 259° | 3,791 m | 17.2 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | SW 231° | 3,785 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:51 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:24 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:50 | 16:39 |
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 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Lodge, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 780647 — Burnt Mountain, Carbon County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357933563
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