Horseshoe Mountain
Horseshoe Mountain rises to 3,047 m in Montana. Glacier Peak stands 3,762 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Timberline Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49037501, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3047 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 19 mi
- Crazy Creek · 21 mi
- Falls · 24 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Timberline Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Mosquito Peak: 4.8 mi
- Columbine Peak: 4.9 mi
- Impasse Falls: 16.9 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 17.0 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
- Passage Falls: 21.0 mi
- Tower Fall: 23.1 mi
- Wahb spring: 22.7 mi
- Calcite Springs: 22.8 mi
- South Pass Creek Spring: 23.2 mi
- Quaker Spring: 23.5 mi
- North Pass Creek Spring: 23.7 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 15.0 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 19.2 mi
- Devil's Den: 23.2 mi
- Petrified Tree: 23.7 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 11.0 mi
- Willow Park: 18.1 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 22.4 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 8.2 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 11.1 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 11.7 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 12.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Horseshoe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Peak | E 91° | 3,762 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Villard | E 91° | 3,735 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mystic Mountain | E 85° | 3,686 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Wilse | E 97° | 3,593 m | 10.7 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | E 91° | 3,582 m | 8.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NE 54° | 3,559 m | 11.8 mi |
| Iceberg Peak | E 99° | 3,513 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Zimmer | ESE 104° | 3,511 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:27 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooke City 2 W, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 785078 — Horseshoe Mountain, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357935812
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