Curly Bear Mountain
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Curly Bear Mountain rises to 2,467 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kakitos Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Curly Bear Mountain (8,099 feet (2,469 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Curly Bear Mountain is easily seen from the village of Saint Mary, Montana rising just west of Divide Mountain. The peak was named after Blackfoot warrior and historian Curly Bear (Kyáiyo-xusi).
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5194883, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,467 m
How to reach it
109 named places within 25 miles
- Kakitos Mountain: 2.4 mi
- White Calf Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Divide Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Kupunkamint Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Medicine Owl Peak: 3.9 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 5.9 mi
- Baring Falls: 6.4 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 7.2 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 7.2 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 7.3 mi
- Beaver Slide: 8.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.8 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 13.0 mi
- Grinnell Point: 13.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 16.3 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 21.0 mi
- All Chief's Park: 21.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 13.3 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.4 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 3.9 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.0 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Curly Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SW 215° | 3,091 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | WNW 299° | 3,052 m | 10.1 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | WNW 301° | 2,992 m | 9.7 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | WNW 285° | 2,939 m | 8.5 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | WSW 241° | 2,909 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | S 171° | 2,899 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | W 261° | 2,867 m | 6.4 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NW 307° | 2,864 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 15:46 | 16:41 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 6 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 770377 — Curly Bear Mountain, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357925281
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- Glacier National Park · 15 mi
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