Goat Mountain
Goat Mountain rises to 2,612 m in Montana. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Baring Falls, a waterfall 1.9 miles away.
The story
Goat Mountain (8,831 ft (2,692 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Goat Mountain rises above Otokomi Lake and Goat Lake in the east central section of Glacier National Park.
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Wikidata Q5575312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2612 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Matahpi Peak: 2.2 mi
- Going-to-the-Sun Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cracker Benchmark: 2.8 mi
- Otokomi Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mount Siyeh: 3.1 mi
- Baring Falls: 1.9 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 3.2 mi
- Deadwood Falls: 3.4 mi
- Grinnell Point: 7.1 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 7.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 9.6 mi
- Beaver Slide: 10.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 11.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 6.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 7.9 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 9.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 3.1 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 21.2 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Goat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | SW 220° | 3,064 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | WNW 302° | 3,052 m | 3.1 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NW 312° | 2,992 m | 2.8 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | WSW 245° | 2,939 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Gould | WNW 295° | 2,911 m | 6.2 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SSW 202° | 2,909 m | 9.2 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | S 182° | 2,867 m | 4.2 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NW 321° | 2,864 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 15:46 | 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 | 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, 8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 771817 — Goat Mountain, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357926666
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 9 mi
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