Kakitos Mountain
Kakitos Mountain rises to 2,371 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Medicine Owl Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Kakitos Mountain (7,841 feet (2,390 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Kakitos Mountain is 1.63 miles (2.62 km) north of Medicine Owl Peak. Kakitos is the Blackfoot word for "star".
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Wikidata Q49040621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,371 m
How to reach it
110 named places within 25 miles
- Medicine Owl Peak: 1.6 mi
- Amphitheater Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Curly Bear Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Red Eagle Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Kupunkamint Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 4.4 mi
- Baring Falls: 5.7 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 6.0 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 6.2 mi
- Beaver Slide: 10.7 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 11.6 mi
- Grinnell Point: 13.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 14.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 15.5 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 22.1 mi
- All Chief's Park: 22.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 12.7 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.1 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 4.0 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.9 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kakitos Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SW 214° | 3,091 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Jackson | WSW 259° | 3,064 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NW 312° | 3,052 m | 9.9 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NW 316° | 2,992 m | 9.7 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | WNW 301° | 2,939 m | 7.8 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,909 m | 8.9 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SSE 160° | 2,899 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Phillips | S 189° | 2,894 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 15:46 | 16:41 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357927635
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- Glacier National Park · 14 mi
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