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Indian Head

Indian Head, seen from above at true elevation

Indian Head rises to 1,950 m in Montana. Maiden Peak stands 3,115 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark Canyon Reservoir Recreational Area, a park 2.7 miles away. Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49038477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1950 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.98464, -112.94058

72 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
Parks: 16
  • Clark Canyon Reservoir Recreational Area: 2.7 mi
  • Old Trail to the Gold Diggins Historical Marker: 11.5 mi
  • Bannack Historical Marker: 13.6 mi
  • Barretts Station Park: 13.9 mi
  • Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Church: 12.5 mi
  • School & Masonic Lodge: 12.5 mi
  • Skinner's Saloon: 12.5 mi
  • Hardware Store Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Hotel Meade: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Clark's Lookout Monument: 22.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Most Distant Fountain: 24.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Indian Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maiden PeakSW 220°3,115 m13.9 mi
Elk MountainSSW 212°3,099 m18.3 mi
Horse Prairie MountainSSW 212°3,089 m18.3 mi
Bloody Dick PeakWNW 302°2,984 m22.0 mi
Ellis PeakS 190°2,953 m16.5 mi
Dixon MountainSSE 157°2,926 m21.6 mi
Painter PeakNW 304°2,924 m21.3 mi
Grassy TopS 179°2,917 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0619:44
June solstice05:4620:3821:23
September equinox07:2018:5219:31
December solstice08:0816:0516:54

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029384754626152392718
Precip in0.30.60.61.01.61.80.60.70.90.90.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 18 WSW, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 772694 — Indian Head, Beaverhead County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357927424

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