Castle Rock Mountain
Castle Rock Mountain rises to 3,785 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Castle Rock Mountain (12,406 feet (3,781 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains, the tenth-tallest in Montana and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, on the border of Custer and Gallatin national forests. The nearest taller mountain to Castle Rock Mountain is Castle Rock Spire, 0.65 mi (1.05 km) east. Castle Rock Mountain is flanked by the Sundance Glacier to the north and the Castle Rock Glacier to the south.
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Wikidata Q28056268, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3785 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot-Index overlook · 11 mi
- Falls · 12 mi
- Crazy Creek · 12 mi
- Pilot & Index · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Snowbank Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Medicine Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sundance Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Mount Inabnit: 2.4 mi
- Willow Park: 12.2 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 15.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 20.5 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 20.6 mi
- Field School Park: 20.7 mi
- Impasse Falls: 4.5 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 7.3 mi
- Calamity Falls: 7.8 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 11.4 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 16.9 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 19.1 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 24.7 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 25.0 mi
- Reef Creek: 18.1 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 23.8 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 14.9 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 20.8 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 10.7 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 12.6 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 15.1 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 17.2 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Castle Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | WNW 301° | 3,903.5 m | 8.7 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | WNW 301° | 3,882 m | 9.2 mi |
| Castle Mountain | E 88° | 3,842 m | 1.1 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | ESE 101° | 3,821 m | 3.3 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | ENE 73° | 3,803 m | 5.5 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | NW 305° | 3,791 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Peal | NW 307° | 3,778 m | 7.2 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | ESE 122° | 3,763 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 781036 — Castle Rock Mountain, Carbon County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357933743
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