Fan Mountain
Fan Mountain rises to 3,125 m in Montana. Taylor Peaks stands 3,428 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Brainstorm Knob, a peak 3.8 miles away.
The story
Fan Mountain is a prominent peak in the Madison Range in Madison County, Montana in the Beaverhead National Forest. The peak is located along the western face of the Madison Range at the northern end of the range. It is due east of Ennis Lake and its prominence and isolation makes it easy to distinguish from Ennis in the Madison River valley. Jack and Cedar creeks are tributaries of the Madison River with headwaters on the eastern and western face of Fan Mountain. The mountain straddles the northern boundary of the Spanish Peaks parcel of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness area.
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Wikidata Q20714608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3125 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Brainstorm Knob: 3.8 mi
- Lone Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.9 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Pioneer Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Ennis Lions Club Community Park: 10.3 mi
- Fire Pit Park: 10.7 mi
- Town Center Park: 10.8 mi
- Golden Stone Park - North: 10.8 mi
- Madison Valley History Museum: 13.1 mi
- Thompson-Hickman Museum: 20.3 mi
- Ranks Drug Store Museum: 20.5 mi
- J. Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum: 20.5 mi
- Kiskadden’s Stone Block: 20.6 mi
- Gallatin Tower: 16.3 mi
- First Buttress: 16.5 mi
- Waltz Formation: 16.5 mi
- Black Line Buttress: 16.5 mi
- Fish Face: 16.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Union City Christeot Mill: 19.7 mi
- Place of Discovery: 20.4 mi
- 2 Story Outhouse: 21.6 mi
- The Guestbook: 3.8 mi
- Madison Base: 4.5 mi
- Norris Hot Springs: 20.6 mi
- Maloney Spring: 22.6 mi
- Union City: 21.3 mi
- Nevada City: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Fan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Peaks | S 170° | 3,428 m | 18.3 mi |
| Koch Peak | S 170° | 3,408 m | 18.3 mi |
| Lone Mountain | ESE 111° | 3,397 m | 3.8 mi |
| Imp Peak | S 171° | 3,393 m | 21.5 mi |
| Gallatin Peak | ENE 58° | 3,357.3 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | SSE 168° | 3,295 m | 22.9 mi |
| No Man Peak | S 177° | 3,285 m | 15.9 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | S 183° | 3,267 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:00 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:33 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 15:58 | 16:47 |
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 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 32 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ennis, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 783303 — Fan Mountain, Madison County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357934801
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