Peak · Montana
Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 2,968 m in Montana. Monument Peak stands 3,351 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bull Mountain, a peak 3.6 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,968 m
How to reach it
Coordinates45.07522, -110.47659
- 23.7 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bull Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Ash Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Red Rock Peak: 4.6 mi
- Hellroaring Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Oregon Mountain: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 13
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 11
- Frog Rock: 9.2 mi
- Petrified Tree: 11.1 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 11.6 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 11.8 mi
- Devil's Den: 13.3 mi
Springs: 11
- Calcite Springs: 12.4 mi
- Palette Spring: 13.2 mi
- Canary Spring: 13.4 mi
- New Blue Spring: 13.5 mi
- Cupid Spring: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Passage Falls: 11.5 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Wraith Falls: 11.9 mi
- Undine Falls: 12.0 mi
- Tower Fall: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Overhanging Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 15.8 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 15.9 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 16.1 mi
Parks: 2
- Arch Park: 11.8 mi
- Willow Park: 19.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Dome Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 19.1 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Aldridge: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 1
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Peak | NE 56° | 3,351 m | 15.0 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | NW 319° | 3,327 m | 17.2 mi |
| The Pyramid | NNE 15° | 3,272 m | 16.6 mi |
| Crow Mountain | NNE 25° | 3,269 m | 14.2 mi |
| Cutoff Mountain | E 100° | 3,251 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Wallace | N 4° | 3,240 m | 8.4 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ENE 57° | 3,197 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WNW 283° | 3,189 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:28 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:54 | 16:43 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 50 | 38 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tower Falls, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 785051 — Horse Mountain, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357935792
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