Cathedral Peak
Cathedral Peak rises to 2,740 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the north-northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Atsina Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away.
The story
Cathedral Peak (9,045 feet (2,757 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Shepard Glacier is situated immediately southeast of the peak.
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Wikidata Q5052262, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2740 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wahcheechee Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mount Kipp: 1.5 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 1.6 mi
- Stoney Indian Peaks: 2.0 mi
- West Flattop Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Atsina Falls: 0.8 mi
- Paiota Falls: 0.8 mi
- Raven Quiver Falls: 0.9 mi
- Mokowanis Cascade: 1.2 mi
- White Quiver Falls: 2.6 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 7.0 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 7.5 mi
- The Hawksbill: 8.5 mi
- Grinnell Point: 10.1 mi
- Glacier Wall: 10.7 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 8.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 10.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 11.7 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 23.9 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 19.9 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 19.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Cathedral Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | NNE 12° | 3,190 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Merritt | E 89° | 3,054 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Carter | W 280° | 3,000 m | 9.7 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | W 274° | 2,988 m | 10.5 mi |
| Vulture Peak | WSW 253° | 2,937 m | 7.5 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | ESE 108° | 2,913 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Gould | SE 142° | 2,911 m | 11.1 mi |
| Kaina Mountain | NNE 28° | 2,892 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:07 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:53 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 09:27 | 16:46 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
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, 22 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 769678 — Cathedral Peak, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357924674
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- Glacier National Park · 14 mi
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