Dusty Star Mountain
Dusty Star Mountain rises to 2,434 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the south, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Deadwood Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away.
The story
Dusty Star Mountain (8,573 feet [2,613 m]) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Connected by an arête to Citadel Mountain to the south, Dusty Star Mountain lies to the south and across the Saint Mary Valley from Going-to-the-Sun Mountain. Dusty Star Mountain is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road, and often photographed by tourists taking pictures of Wild Goose Island which lies in the western section of Saint Mary Lake. The Blackfoot name for Dusty Star is iszika-kakatosi meaning "meteor" or "smoking star".
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Wikidata Q38251289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2434 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Citadel Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Chief Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Almost-a-Dog Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Going-to-the-Sun Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Mahtotopa Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Deadwood Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 1.2 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 1.5 mi
- Baring Falls: 2.6 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 4.9 mi
- Glacier Wall: 9.0 mi
- Grinnell Point: 9.7 mi
- Beaver Slide: 14.2 mi
- Devils Slide: 15.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 6.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 8.4 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 10.4 mi
- Glacier Highline: 24.7 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 20.5 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 23.3 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 5.1 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 23.7 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Dusty Star Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | S 173° | 3,091 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Jackson | SW 229° | 3,064 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | N 352° | 3,052 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | N 358° | 2,992 m | 5.6 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | N 358° | 2,939 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Gould | NNW 330° | 2,911 m | 7.3 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SSW 198° | 2,909 m | 5.0 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,867 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 15:47 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 770925 — Dusty Star Mountain, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357925789
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 7 mi
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