Comet Mountain
Comet Mountain rises to 3,114 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the east-northeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddleback Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Comet Mountain, 3113 m (10213 feet), is a mountain peak in the Pioneer Mountains of the state of Montana, United States, located in Beaverhead County 42 km northwest of Dillon.
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Wikidata Q16950441, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,114 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grand Vista Scenic Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddleback Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Goat Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Sawtooth Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Highboy Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Torrey Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Warm Spring: 17.3 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 20.0 mi
- Reservoir Spring: 21.1 mi
- Muller Spring: 21.8 mi
- Garrison Spring: 22.3 mi
- Hangmans Gulch: 20.5 mi
- Hotel Meade: 20.7 mi
- Hardware Store Museum: 20.7 mi
- Skinner's Saloon: 20.7 mi
- School & Masonic Lodge: 20.7 mi
- Crystal Park: 3.3 mi
- Storm Park: 11.3 mi
- Happy Camp Park: 22.0 mi
- Mill Point: 15.0 mi
- Long Slope: 18.7 mi
- Short Slope: 19.1 mi
- Coolidge: 2.2 mi
- Lupine Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- The Sandbar: 7.5 mi
- Aspen Rest Stop: 9.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Comet Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweedy Mountain | ENE 69° | 3,394 m | 4.1 mi |
| Torrey Mountain | E 94° | 3,392 m | 3.5 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NE 36° | 3,238 m | 9.3 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | S 173° | 3,211 m | 7.2 mi |
| Alturas Number Two Mountain | SSE 160° | 3,191 m | 4.8 mi |
| Barb Mountain | ENE 72° | 3,190 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Alverson | NNE 34° | 3,176 m | 5.9 mi |
| Highboy Mountain | SSE 150° | 3,174 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:06 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:39 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:03 | 16:52 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 30 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glen 4 N, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 781543 — Comet Mountain, Beaverhead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357934021
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