Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 3,197 m in Montana. Mount Douglas stands 3,439 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Ridge Point, a peak 3.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in Park County, Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49039061, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3197 m
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 27 mi
- Crazy Creek · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Ridge Point: 3.0 mi
- Hummingbird Peak: 3.0 mi
- Sheepherder Peak: 3.4 mi
- Roundhead Butte: 4.0 mi
- Monument Peak: 4.9 mi
- Petrified Tree: 17.8 mi
- Devil's Den: 18.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 18.7 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 20.4 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 21.6 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 18.5 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Calcite Springs: 17.8 mi
- Palette Spring: 23.4 mi
- Canary Spring: 23.6 mi
- New Blue Spring: 23.6 mi
- Cupid Spring: 23.7 mi
- Passage Falls: 11.3 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Tower Fall: 18.5 mi
- Wraith Falls: 21.7 mi
- Undine Falls: 22.0 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 23.9 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 24.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 24.7 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 19.1 mi
- Arch Park: 21.7 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 13.0 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 18.5 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 20.0 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 20.4 mi
- Aldridge: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Douglas | NE 37° | 3,439 m | 13.1 mi |
| Two Sisters | ENE 61° | 3,394 m | 15.5 mi |
| Chalice Peak | NE 45° | 3,364 m | 15.5 mi |
| Monument Peak | NE 53° | 3,351 m | 4.9 mi |
| Snowy Peak | NE 37° | 3,340 m | 14.1 mi |
| The Needles | N 359° | 3,292 m | 14.5 mi |
| The Pyramid | NNW 338° | 3,272 m | 11.4 mi |
| Crow Mountain | NNW 341° | 3,269 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:27 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357935968
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- Gardiner · 22 mi
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