Glacier Peak
Glacier Peak rises to 3,762 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the east-northeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Villard, a peak 0.8 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
Glacier Peak (12,320 feet (3,760 m) to 12,360 ft (3,770 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, on the border of Custer and Gallatin National Forests.
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Wikidata Q28056273, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,762 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 13 mi
- Crazy Creek · 15 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 18 mi
- Rock Creek Vista · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Villard: 0.8 mi
- Mystic Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mount Wilse: 1.5 mi
- Granite Peak (Northwest Peak): 2.1 mi
- Granite Peak: 2.2 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 22.3 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 22.5 mi
- Blind Sheep Spring: 22.6 mi
- Quaker Spring: 22.7 mi
- South Pass Creek Spring: 22.7 mi
- Impasse Falls: 5.7 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 14.2 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 15.6 mi
- Calamity Falls: 16.0 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 18.7 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 17.9 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 23.9 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 10.0 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 10.6 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 11.7 mi
- Willow Park: 12.7 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 14.3 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 19.3 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Glacier Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | ENE 65° | 3,904 m | 2.2 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NE 54° | 3,882 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Wood | NNE 12° | 3,846 m | 8.8 mi |
| Castle Mountain | ESE 108° | 3,842 m | 11.2 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | ENE 67° | 3,791 m | 3.0 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | ESE 110° | 3,785 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Peal | ENE 78° | 3,778 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Hague | N 5° | 3,750 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:52 | 16:41 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357935090
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