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Gateway Points

Gateway Points, seen from above at true elevation

Gateway Points rises to 2,091 m in Montana. Mount Wright stands 2,701 m to the east-southeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bighorn Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49031195, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2091 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.02967, -112.98645

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 5
Parks: 4
  • Wapiti Park: 6.5 mi
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 15.0 mi
  • Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
  • Ear Mountain State Game Refuge: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Dean Falls: 14.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Gateway Points. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WrightESE 119°2,701 m7.3 mi
Pentagon MountainSW 222°2,698 m9.5 mi
Mount LockhartSE 139°2,643 m9.7 mi
Mount FieldN 1°2,600 m6.1 mi
Teton PeakSE 145°2,560 m11.9 mi
Choteau MountainESE 118°2,560 m14.3 mi
Morningstar MountainN 350°2,553 m11.3 mi
Mount Patrick GassE 88°2,544 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0419:45
June solstice05:3320:4721:36
September equinox07:1918:5119:32
December solstice08:2015:4816:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232431404855636254423124

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blackleaf, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 783868 — Gateway Points, Flathead County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357935059

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