Cataract Mountain
Cataract Mountain rises to 2,496 m in Montana, modelled from terrain. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the south-southwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Piegan Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away.
The story
Cataract Mountain (8,180 feet (2,493 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Cataract Mountain is .70 miles (1.13 km) NNE of Piegan Mountain and more than a mile west of Mount Siyeh.
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Wikidata Q49018662, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,216 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Piegan Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pollock Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Bishops Cap: 1.3 mi
- Mount Siyeh: 1.4 mi
- Mount Gould: 2.0 mi
- Piegan Falls: 1.0 mi
- Morning Eagle Falls: 1.1 mi
- Feather Plume Falls: 2.1 mi
- Oberlin Falls: 2.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 2.9 mi
- Grinnell Point: 4.3 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 5.4 mi
- Glacier Wall: 5.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 13.0 mi
- Beaver Slide: 14.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.1 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 5.2 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 22.2 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 23.1 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 7.4 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Cataract Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | SSW 192° | 3,064 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | E 80° | 3,052 m | 1.4 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | ENE 76° | 2,992 m | 2.0 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | SE 139° | 2,939 m | 3.1 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NNW 331° | 2,913 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Gould | NW 309° | 2,911 m | 2.0 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | S 177° | 2,909 m | 9.9 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | SE 145° | 2,867 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:26 | 15:46 | 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 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 11 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/357924672
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 6 mi
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