Elk Mountain
Elk Mountain rises to 3,727 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bowback Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,727 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 12 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 12 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 14 mi
- Crazy Creek · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bowback Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mount Inabnit: 1.2 mi
- Sylvan Peak: 1.8 mi
- Sundance Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Castle Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Willow Park: 15.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 17.8 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 17.9 mi
- Field School Park: 17.9 mi
- Pride Park: 17.9 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 4.1 mi
- Calamity Falls: 4.6 mi
- Impasse Falls: 6.6 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 13.9 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 15.6 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 14.0 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 23.2 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 18.0 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 18.0 mi
- Reef Creek: 20.4 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Corner Spring: 23.6 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 23.8 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 11.8 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 13.4 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 18.2 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Elk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | W 280° | 3,904 m | 9.8 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | WNW 281° | 3,882 m | 10.2 mi |
| Castle Mountain | SSW 201° | 3,842 m | 2.9 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | SSE 163° | 3,821 m | 3.6 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | ESE 110° | 3,803 m | 3.3 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | WNW 283° | 3,791 m | 9.1 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | SW 218° | 3,785 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Peal | W 281° | 3,778 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 783096 — Elk Mountain, Carbon County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357934676
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