Chico Peak
Chico Peak rises to 3,096 m in Montana. Mount Cowen stands 3,417 m to the northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020159, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,096 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Emigrant Peak: 4.3 mi
- Knowles Peak: 4.6 mi
- Arrow Peak: 4.7 mi
- Mineral Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Point of Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 13.5 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 14.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 16.5 mi
- Obscurity Crag: 20.4 mi
- Pine Creek Recreation Area: 14.6 mi
- Arch Park: 19.1 mi
- Ninth Street Park: 24.3 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 24.5 mi
- Miles Park: 24.7 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 15.1 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 19.1 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 19.2 mi
- History Rock: 21.8 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 23.1 mi
- Palette Spring: 23.0 mi
- New Blue Spring: 23.3 mi
- Cupid Spring: 23.3 mi
- Canary Spring: 23.4 mi
- Dryad Springs: 23.4 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
- Passage Falls: 8.0 mi
- Palisade Falls: 18.3 mi
- Undine Falls: 24.7 mi
- Aldridge: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Chico Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cowen | NE 51° | 3,417 m | 9.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 35° | 3,337 m | 14.3 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | SW 231° | 3,327 m | 4.3 mi |
| Black Spire | NE 48° | 3,305 m | 9.0 mi |
| The Needles | ENE 75° | 3,292 m | 16.7 mi |
| The Pyramid | E 88° | 3,272 m | 12.1 mi |
| Crow Mountain | ESE 102° | 3,269 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Wallace | SE 131° | 3,240 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:29 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:54 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston 12 S, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 798828 — Chico Peak, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357954713
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- Gardiner · 19 mi
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