Gunsight Mountain
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Gunsight Mountain rises to 2,821 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Feather Woman Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away.
The story
Gunsight Mountain (9,263 feet (2,823 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Gunsight Mountain is named after the adjacent Gunsight Pass, which was named by George Bird Grinnell in 1891.
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Wikidata Q8531062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,821 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Edwards Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little Matterhorn: 1.8 mi
- Mount Jackson: 1.9 mi
- Fusillade Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Peak: 2.1 mi
- Feather Woman Falls: 1.3 mi
- Akaiyan Falls: 1.5 mi
- Beaver Chief Falls: 1.8 mi
- Monument Falls: 2.3 mi
- Beaver Medicine Falls: 2.3 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 2.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 7.3 mi
- Grinnell Point: 12.1 mi
- McGee Hill: 12.3 mi
- Beaver Slide: 20.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 7.5 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 10.5 mi
- Glacier Highline: 19.2 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 14.8 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 19.1 mi
- Berne Memorial Park: 22.8 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 17.5 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 19.0 mi
- Museum Of Wildlife: 21.5 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 10.9 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Gunsight Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SE 138° | 3,091 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Jackson | SE 132° | 3,064 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NNE 32° | 3,052 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NE 34° | 2,992 m | 9.4 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NE 47° | 2,939 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Gould | NNE 12° | 2,911 m | 8.7 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | ESE 123° | 2,909 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,867 m | 7.4 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: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357935453
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 5 mi
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