Peak · Montana
Fossil Mountain
Fossil Mountain rises to 2,523 m in Montana. Goat Mountain stands 2,687 m to the southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Gordon Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,523 m
How to reach it
Coordinates47.42688, -113.23645
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Gordon Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Pilot Peak: 0.8 mi
- Kid Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Butcher Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Flatiron Mountain: 3.3 mi
Parks: 5
- Seeley Lake Game Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Sun River Game Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 22.0 mi
- Placid Lake State Park: 24.4 mi
- Salmon Lake State Park: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Big Slide: 6.1 mi
- Hoadley Reef: 11.0 mi
- Chinese Wall: 15.7 mi
- Wall Creek Cliffs: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Morrell Falls: 13.8 mi
- Holland Falls: 16.0 mi
- North Fork Falls: 22.7 mi
Museums: 1
- Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center: 21.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Fossil Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Mountain | SW 219° | 2,687 m | 7.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 62° | 2,664 m | 9.3 mi |
| Junction Mountain | NE 41° | 2,649 m | 8.1 mi |
| Count Peak | SW 230° | 2,639 m | 9.8 mi |
| Red Butte | NNE 28° | 2,614 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cardinal Peak | WSW 243° | 2,610 m | 6.9 mi |
| Una Mountain | WNW 287° | 2,604 m | 5.5 mi |
| Puma Peak | SSW 212° | 2,602 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:46 | 21:34 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 15:53 | 16:45 |
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 | 25 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 42 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seeley Lake RS, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 783626 — Fossil Mountain, Powell County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357934946
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