Caper Peak
Caper Peak rises to 2,520 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Vigil Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
Caper Peak (8,268 feet (2,520 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Caper Peak is approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) NNW of Vigil Peak. Richard T. Evans, USGS topographer who worked on the early map of Glacier Park, named this mountain when he counted over 30 goats "capering" on this peak. (Caper: A leap; a skip or spring, as in dancing or mirth, or in the frolic of a kid or lamb.)
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Wikidata Q5035281, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,520 m
How to reach it
99 named places within 25 miles
- Vigil Peak: 1.4 mi
- Battlement Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Lone Walker Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Rockwell: 2.3 mi
- Statuary Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.4 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 4.5 mi
- Aster falls: 6.2 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 7.5 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 8.0 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 19.0 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Beaver Slide: 23.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 24.1 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.7 mi
- All Chief's Park: 23.8 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 24.1 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 24.3 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 23.4 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 24.7 mi
- McCarthyville: 11.6 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 17.2 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 22.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 22.8 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Caper Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | NW 317° | 3,091 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NE 41° | 2,899 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Phillips | NNW 338° | 2,894 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | ENE 73° | 2,862 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | SW 219° | 2,857 m | 3.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 26° | 2,856 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | NW 314° | 2,836 m | 6.1 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | NNE 18° | 2,809 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:51 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357924586
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 22 mi
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