Eagle Child Mountain
Eagle Child Mountain rises to 1,587 m in Montana. Antoine Butte stands 1,743 m to the east, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,587 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway
45 named places within 25 miles
- Indian Peak: 2.2 mi
- Damon Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mission Peak: 2.9 mi
- Gold Bug Butte: 3.5 mi
- Sugar Loaf Butte: 4.1 mi
- Nantelle Spring: 4.9 mi
- Mud Spring: 5.9 mi
- Bow Spring: 23.6 mi
- Lewis Spring: 24.8 mi
- BLM: 5.1 mi
- State Trust: 6.4 mi
- Sturgeon Island: 20.6 mi
- Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 19.7 mi
- Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 20.6 mi
- Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 17.4 mi
- Rocky Point: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eagle Child Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Butte | E 86° | 1,743 m | 5.0 mi |
| Shell Butte | E 82° | 1,735 m | 6.2 mi |
| Old Scraggy Peak | E 84° | 1,731 m | 7.3 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,689 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mission Peak | E 100° | 1,680 m | 2.9 mi |
| Green Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,673 m | 6.5 mi |
| Silver Peak | ESE 120° | 1,664 m | 5.5 mi |
| Gold Bug Butte | ESE 104° | 1,660 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:47 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:30 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 15:31 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 56 | 43 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Zortman, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 770952 — Eagle Child Mountain, Blaine County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357925811
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