Cairn Mountain
Cairn Mountain rises to 3,725 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the north-northwest, 1.2 miles off. Beartooth Highway passes 9.3 miles off.
The story
Cairn Mountain (12,205 feet (3,720 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Custer National Forest. Cairn Mountain is 1.24 mi (2.00 km) south of Granite Peak, the tallest mountain in Montana.
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Wikidata Q28056296, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3725 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 15.3 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 13 mi
- Crazy Creek · 14 mi
- Falls · 16 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Granite Peak: 1.2 mi
- Pika Peak: 1.5 mi
- Tempest Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Villard: 1.6 mi
- Granite Peak (Northwest Peak): 1.6 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 22.6 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 22.7 mi
- Blind Sheep Spring: 23.0 mi
- Upper Cottonwood Spring: 23.2 mi
- North Robinson Spring: 23.4 mi
- Impasse Falls: 3.5 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 13.3 mi
- Calamity Falls: 13.6 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 14.9 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 20.1 mi
- Reef Creek: 23.9 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 19.7 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 22.9 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 24.4 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 11.8 mi
- Willow Park: 12.4 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 11.0 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 11.5 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 13.0 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 16.3 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 16.4 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Cairn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NNW 343° | 3,903.5 m | 1.2 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NNW 334° | 3,882 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Wood | N 356° | 3,846 m | 8.9 mi |
| Castle Mountain | ESE 112° | 3,842 m | 8.9 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | ESE 111° | 3,821 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | NNE 16° | 3,791 m | 1.5 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | ESE 115° | 3,785 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Peal | NE 53° | 3,778 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 806084 — Cairn Mountain, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357958181
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