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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. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

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.

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Wikidata Q49040325, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,507 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.39577, -113.16506

73 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
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: 3
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 25 miles of Jumbo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flint MountainESE2,749 m12.4 mi
Goat MountainWSW2,687 m9.2 mi
Twin PeaksNE2,664 m8.2 mi
Junction MountainNNE2,649 m8.5 mi
Count PeakWSW2,639 m11.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE2,634 m10.3 mi
Cardinal PeakW2,610 m9.6 mi
Una MountainWNW2,604 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 50–80 °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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