Elk Mountain
Elk Mountain rises to 2,388 m in Montana. Mount Rockwell stands 2,862 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Blacktail Hills, a peak 1.9 miles away.
The story
Elk Mountain is a 7,835-foot-elevation (2,388-meter) mountain summit located in Flathead County in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated in the southern tip of Glacier National Park, in the Lewis Range, about four miles to the west side of the Continental Divide. US Highway 2 and the Hi-Line Subdivision of the BNSF Railway traverse the southern base of this mountain, approximately four miles west of Marias Pass. Topographic relief is significant as the northwest aspect rises 3,400 feet (1,000 meters) above Ole Creek in one mile. The nearest higher neighbor is Sheep Mountain 2.7 miles to the north-northwest. The mountain's name first appeared on a 1914 USGS map, and was officially adopted in 1929 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The summit is the site of a former fire lookout that was built in the 1930s, and removed in 1963.
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Wikidata Q49027770, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2388 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Blacktail Hills: 1.9 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Soldier Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Little Dog Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Brave Dog Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 10.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 11.8 mi
- Aster falls: 11.8 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 12.9 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 13.9 mi
- McCarthyville: 2.5 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 4.3 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Wapiti Park: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Elk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rockwell | N 358° | 2,862 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | NW 320° | 2,857 m | 7.6 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | NNE 14° | 2,755 m | 8.0 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | NNW 336° | 2,692 m | 8.2 mi |
| Church Butte | NNW 329° | 2,687 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Henry | NNE 25° | 2,682 m | 11.1 mi |
| Summit Mountain | NE 46° | 2,673 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cloudcroft Peaks | NNW 327° | 2,644 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:50 | 21:39 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 15:48 | 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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357934690
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