Emigrant Peak
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Emigrant Peak rises to 3,327 m in Montana. Mount Cowen stands 3,417 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Chico Peak, a peak 4.3 miles away.
The story
Emigrant Peak el. 10,926 feet (3,330 m) is a prominent mountain peak on the western edge of the Absaroka Range near Emigrant, Montana. The peak is flanked by Emigrant Gulch on the north and Sixmile Creek on the south with the Gallatin National Forest and lies just outside the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. The peak is readily visible from Paradise Valley, Montana and U.S. Route 89 when traveling to the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park at Gardiner, Montana.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q8530317, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3327 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Chico Peak: 4.3 mi
- Sliding Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Mineral Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Green Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Point of Rocks: 8.1 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 9.4 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 10.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.6 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 22.8 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 11.1 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 16.1 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 16.1 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 20.2 mi
- History Rock: 21.1 mi
- Palette Spring: 20.1 mi
- New Blue Spring: 20.3 mi
- Cupid Spring: 20.4 mi
- Dryad Springs: 20.5 mi
- Canary Spring: 20.5 mi
- Emigrant Gulch Historical Marker: 5.9 mi
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 6.6 mi
- Arch Park: 16.1 mi
- Pine Creek Recreation Area: 18.5 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 24.3 mi
- Passage Falls: 10.3 mi
- Palisade Falls: 17.9 mi
- Undine Falls: 22.3 mi
- Rustic Falls: 22.7 mi
- Wraith Falls: 22.9 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Aldridge: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Emigrant Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cowen | NE 51° | 3,417 m | 13.8 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 39° | 3,337 m | 18.5 mi |
| Black Spire | NE 49° | 3,305 m | 13.4 mi |
| The Pyramid | E 79° | 3,272 m | 15.8 mi |
| Crow Mountain | E 90° | 3,269 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Wallace | ESE 111° | 3,240 m | 12.6 mi |
| Marten Peak | NE 44° | 3,213 m | 18.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | S 178° | 3,189 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:29 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:54 | 16:44 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357934746
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 16 mi
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