Junction Mountain
Junction Mountain rises to 2,649 m in Montana. Slategoat Mountain stands 2,707 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Scintilla Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49040380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,649 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Scintilla Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Shale Peak: 3.1 mi
- Twin Peaks: 3.5 mi
- Trap Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Brown Sandstone Peak: 3.8 mi
- Hoadley Reef: 5.6 mi
- Chinese Wall: 9.0 mi
- Big Slide: 14.0 mi
- Wall Creek Cliffs: 18.1 mi
- Holland Falls: 21.6 mi
- Morrell Falls: 21.8 mi
- North Fork Falls: 24.7 mi
- Sun River Game Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 14.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Junction Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slategoat Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,707 m | 12.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ESE 121° | 2,664 m | 3.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 133° | 2,634 m | 11.3 mi |
| Red Butte | N 7° | 2,614 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cliff Mountain | N 358° | 2,611 m | 9.8 mi |
| Una Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,604 m | 11.5 mi |
| Foolhen Mountain | S 183° | 2,600 m | 14.4 mi |
| Sphinx Peak | N 353° | 2,591 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:05 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:46 | 21:34 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 15:52 | 16:44 |
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 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 60 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibson DAM, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 801002 — Junction Mountain, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357956752
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