Highboy Mountain
Highboy Mountain rises to 3,174 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the north-northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sawtooth Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,174 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
- 29.8 mi off the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grand Vista Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sawtooth Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Tent Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Goat Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Alturas Number Two Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Crystal Park: 6.3 mi
- Storm Park: 12.1 mi
- Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 22.4 mi
- Clark's Lookout State Park: 22.4 mi
- Clarks Lookout State Park: 22.5 mi
- Warm Spring: 15.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 19.8 mi
- Reservoir Spring: 20.2 mi
- Muller Spring: 21.0 mi
- Garrison Spring: 21.3 mi
- Hangmans Gulch: 17.8 mi
- Hotel Meade: 17.9 mi
- Hardware Store Museum: 17.9 mi
- Skinner's Saloon: 17.9 mi
- School & Masonic Lodge: 17.9 mi
- Mill Point: 12.6 mi
- Long Slope: 20.2 mi
- Short Slope: 20.6 mi
- Coolidge: 5.0 mi
- Clark's Lookout Monument: 22.4 mi
- The Sandbar: 4.4 mi
- Aspen Rest Stop: 7.6 mi
- Lupine Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Beaverhead County Museum: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Highboy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweedy Mountain | NNE 29° | 3,394 m | 4.7 mi |
| Torrey Mountain | NE 38° | 3,392 m | 3.1 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNE 21° | 3,238 m | 10.9 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | S 189° | 3,211 m | 4.6 mi |
| Alturas Number Two Mountain | S 177° | 3,191 m | 1.9 mi |
| Barb Mountain | NE 37° | 3,190 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Alverson | NNE 13° | 3,176 m | 7.7 mi |
| Black Lion Mountain | N 5° | 3,167 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:06 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:39 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:03 | 16:52 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 30 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glen 4 N, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 784867 — Highboy Mountain, Beaverhead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357935660
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