East Flattop Mountain
East Flattop Mountain rises to 2,548 m in Montana. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Singleshot Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
East Flattop Mountain (8,361 feet (2,548 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. East Flattop Mountain rises to the north above Saint Mary Lake and is easily seen from the eastern entrance to the Going-to-the-Sun Road and the village of St. Mary, Montana.
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Wikidata Q5328356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2548 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Singleshot Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Otokomi Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Napi Rock: 1.5 mi
- Napi Point: 3.5 mi
- Goat Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Baring Falls: 5.4 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 6.5 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 6.9 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 6.9 mi
- Deadwood Falls: 7.3 mi
- Beaver Slide: 6.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 7.8 mi
- Grinnell Point: 8.1 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 11.5 mi
- Glacier Wall: 12.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 9.5 mi
- Weeping Wall: 10.7 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 11.6 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 4.0 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of East Flattop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | SW 224° | 3,064 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | W 263° | 3,052 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | W 265° | 2,992 m | 5.3 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | WSW 237° | 2,939 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Gould | W 272° | 2,911 m | 8.8 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SSW 212° | 2,909 m | 12.8 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | SSW 207° | 2,867 m | 7.4 mi |
| Allen Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,864 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:52 | 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 | 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, 4 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 771007 — East Flattop Mountain, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357925901
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- Glacier National Park · 13 mi
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