Little Chief Mountain
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Little Chief Mountain rises to 2,867 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the south, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mahtotopa Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Little Chief Mountain (9,546 feet (2,910 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Little Chief Mountain is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road, rising to the south of Saint Mary Lake. Little Chief Mountain was named in 1887 by George Bird Grinnell for his friend, Frank North, U.S. Army. "Little Chief" was his Pawnee name, given to him by his Pawnee Scouts.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6649531, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,867 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mahtotopa Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Dusty Star Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Almost-a-Dog Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Red Eagle Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Citadel Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 1.4 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 1.4 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 1.8 mi
- Baring Falls: 2.2 mi
- Deadwood Falls: 2.5 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 6.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 10.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 10.7 mi
- Beaver Slide: 13.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 15.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 8.3 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 11.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 21.8 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 3.8 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Little Chief Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | S 184° | 3,091 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Jackson | WSW 242° | 3,064 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NNW 337° | 3,052 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NNW 342° | 2,992 m | 6.4 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NNW 329° | 2,939 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Gould | NW 321° | 2,911 m | 8.7 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SW 218° | 2,909 m | 5.5 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NNW 340° | 2,864 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:52 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 15:47 | 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 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 773426 — Little Chief Mountain, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357927997
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 9 mi
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