Electric Peak
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Electric Peak rises to 3,341 m in Montana. Sheep Mountain stands 3,189 m to the northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Sepulcher Mountain, a peak 3.6 miles away.
The story
Electric Peak is the tallest mountain in the Gallatin Range of southern Montana, close to the Wyoming border and rising to an altitude of 10,969 feet (3,343 m). The peak has some of the greatest physical relief in Yellowstone National Park, rising 3,389 ft (1,033 m) above its base. Electric Peak was named during the first ascent in 1872 by the United States Geological Survey. Members of the Hayden Survey led by Henry Gannett experienced electrical discharges from their hands and hair after a lightning event on the summit.
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Wikidata Q1027558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3341 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sepulcher Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Little Quadrant Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Deaf Jim Knob: 3.8 mi
- Joseph Peak: 4.0 mi
- Gray Peak: 4.8 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 6.6 mi
- Palette Spring: 6.8 mi
- Cupid Spring: 6.8 mi
- New Blue Spring: 6.9 mi
- Dryad Springs: 6.9 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 6.5 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 6.7 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 6.9 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 7.8 mi
- Osprey Falls: 9.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 6.3 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 8.6 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 9.6 mi
- Trilobite Point: 13.0 mi
- Rustic Falls: 7.4 mi
- Undine Falls: 10.6 mi
- Wraith Falls: 11.5 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 22.2 mi
- Bijah Springs: 17.6 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 18.2 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 18.2 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 18.4 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 18.4 mi
- Arch Park: 6.5 mi
- Willow Park: 10.7 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 18.9 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 19.7 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 20.3 mi
- Aldridge: 7.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Electric Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Mountain | NE 42° | 3,189 m | 10.0 mi |
| Joseph Peak | SW 216° | 3,176 m | 4.0 mi |
| Monitor Peak | NE 41° | 3,168 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Holmes | S 184° | 3,149 m | 12.9 mi |
| Gray Peak | SSW 207° | 3,139 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SSW 192° | 3,137 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ash Mountain | ENE 65° | 3,116 m | 15.5 mi |
| Ramshorn Peak | NW 310° | 3,113 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 800755 — Electric Peak, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357956638
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 7 mi
- West Yellowstone · 27 mi
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