Heavy Runner Mountain
Heavy Runner Mountain rises to 2,425 m in Montana. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the south-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Reynolds Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Heavy Runner Mountain (8,016 feet (2,443 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The summit is a little over a mile east-northeast of Reynolds Mountain and is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road as well as Logan Pass. The mountain is named for the Blackfeet Indian Chief, Heavy Runner, who was massacred along with most of his encampment by Col. Eugene M. Baker's detachment on the Marias River on January 23, 1870.
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Wikidata Q49035801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2425 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Reynolds Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Piegan Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Clements Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Oberlin: 2.7 mi
- Pollock Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Florence Falls: 1.8 mi
- Oberlin Falls: 2.1 mi
- Piegan Falls: 2.4 mi
- Deadwood Falls: 2.7 mi
- Bird Woman Falls: 3.3 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 2.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 5.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 7.7 mi
- Beaver Slide: 15.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 15.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 3.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 5.3 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 7.4 mi
- Glacier Highline: 24.0 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 14.7 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 19.4 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 21.3 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 23.5 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 24.6 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 7.3 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Heavy Runner Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | SSW 194° | 3,064 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NNE 29° | 3,052 m | 4.1 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NE 34° | 2,992 m | 4.6 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,939 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Gould | NNW 348° | 2,911 m | 4.7 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | S 170° | 2,909 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | ESE 116° | 2,867 m | 5.0 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NNE 16° | 2,864 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357927095
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 4 mi
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