High Mountain
High Mountain rises to 2,661 m in Montana. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sliding Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away.
The story
mountain in Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036315, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2661 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sliding Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Dome Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Sphinx Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Cinnabar Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 4.6 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 10.8 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 10.8 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 14.7 mi
- Osprey Falls: 17.8 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 2.8 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 6.1 mi
- Point of Rocks: 7.0 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Palette Spring: 14.6 mi
- New Blue Spring: 14.9 mi
- Cupid Spring: 14.9 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 14.9 mi
- Dryad Springs: 15.0 mi
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 8.6 mi
- Arch Park: 10.7 mi
- Emigrant Gulch Historical Marker: 11.0 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 19.5 mi
- Willow Park: 21.6 mi
- Passage Falls: 14.2 mi
- Rustic Falls: 17.0 mi
- Undine Falls: 17.5 mi
- Wraith Falls: 18.3 mi
- Palisade Falls: 21.5 mi
- Aldridge: 6.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of High Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | SSW 195° | 3,341 m | 12.3 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | NNE 29° | 3,327 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Wallace | E 85° | 3,240 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | SE 142° | 3,189 m | 5.7 mi |
| Joseph Peak | SSW 200° | 3,176 m | 16.1 mi |
| Monitor Peak | E 100° | 3,168 m | 6.5 mi |
| Gray Peak | SSW 198° | 3,139 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hyalite Peak | NNW 327° | 3,138 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:29 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:55 | 16:44 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357959026
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- Gardiner · 11 mi
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