Little Dog Mountain
Little Dog Mountain rises to 2,613 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Little Dog Mountain (8,610 feet (2,624 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Little Dog Mountain sits along the Continental Divide and can be easily seen from Marias Pass. The mountain was named by George Bird Grinnell for "Little Dog," Blackfoot Indian Chief who, in 1853, informed Isaac Stevens, the new Governor of the Washington Territory, of the existence of Marias Pass.
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Wikidata Q6649806, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,613 m
How to reach it
78 named places within 25 miles
- Summit Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Skeleton Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Blacktail Hills: 2.5 mi
- Barrier Buttes: 2.9 mi
- Brave Dog Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 7.6 mi
- Aster falls: 8.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 9.4 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 9.8 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 10.8 mi
- Wapiti Park: 22.0 mi
- All Chief's Park: 22.8 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 23.2 mi
- McCarthyville: 5.6 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 14.1 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 22.3 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Dog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | N 353° | 2,899 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | NNW 337° | 2,862 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | WNW 294° | 2,857 m | 8.2 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | N 352° | 2,755 m | 5.3 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | NW 310° | 2,692 m | 7.8 mi |
| Church Butte | WNW 295° | 2,687 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Henry | NNE 15° | 2,682 m | 7.9 mi |
| Summit Mountain | NE 47° | 2,673 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:39 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 15:48 | 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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357936483
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 30 mi
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