Fusillade Mountain
Fusillade Mountain rises to 2,620 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Dragon’s Tail, a cliff 1.4 miles away.
The story
Fusillade Mountain (8,755 feet (2,669 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Fusillade Mountain lies immediately north of Gunsight Lake at the western terminus of the St. Mary Valley and can be seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The mountain was named by George Bird Grinnell in 1891, "as a satirical gesture at W. H. Seward and Henry L. Stimson for firing a futile volley at a group of goats on the side of this mountain".
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Wikidata Q5510054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,620 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gunsight Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Reynolds Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bearhat Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mount Jackson: 2.7 mi
- Little Matterhorn: 2.8 mi
- Florence Falls: 1.5 mi
- Siksika Falls: 2.3 mi
- Monument Falls: 2.4 mi
- Feather Woman Falls: 3.3 mi
- Akaiyan Falls: 3.4 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 1.4 mi
- Glacier Wall: 6.6 mi
- Grinnell Point: 10.3 mi
- McGee Hill: 14.1 mi
- Beaver Slide: 18.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 6.0 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 9.3 mi
- Glacier Highline: 21.2 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 16.8 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
- Berne Memorial Park: 24.8 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 19.2 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 21.0 mi
- Museum Of Wildlife: 23.5 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 9.1 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Fusillade Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SSE 149° | 3,091 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Jackson | S 179° | 3,064 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NNE 28° | 3,052 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NNE 31° | 2,992 m | 7.4 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NE 48° | 2,939 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Gould | N 3° | 2,911 m | 7.1 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SSE 148° | 2,909 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | E 87° | 2,867 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:26 | 15:47 | 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 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357926570
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 4 mi
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