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Jumbo Mountain

Jumbo Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Jumbo Mountain rises to 2,507 m in Montana. Flint Mountain stands 2,749 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

Jumbo Mountain is an 8,284-foot (2,525-metre) mountain summit located in Powell County of the U.S. state of Montana.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49040325, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2507 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.39577, -113.16506

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 5
  • Cottonwood Park: 20.4 mi
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 20.8 mi
  • Seeley Lake Game Preserve: 21.9 mi
  • Salmon Lake State Park: 23.7 mi
  • Placid Lake State Park: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Morrell Falls: 15.4 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Holland Falls: 19.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 21.8 mi
Museums: 1
  • Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center: 22.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Jumbo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flint MountainESE 108°2,749 m12.4 mi
Goat MountainWSW 244°2,687 m9.2 mi
Twin PeaksNE 37°2,664 m8.2 mi
Junction MountainNNE 13°2,649 m8.5 mi
Count PeakWSW 249°2,639 m11.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 87°2,634 m10.3 mi
Cardinal PeakW 264°2,610 m9.6 mi
Una MountainWNW 294°2,604 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0519:45
June solstice05:3720:4621:34
September equinox07:2018:5219:32
December solstice08:1815:5216:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533404956646355423122
Precip in2.61.91.41.41.92.31.11.01.22.02.52.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seeley Lake RS, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357936082

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