Lonesome Mountain
Lonesome Mountain rises to 3,453 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Metcalf Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Lonesome Mountain is an 11,399-foot (3,474-metre) mountain summit located in Carbon County, Montana.
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Wikidata Q49046278, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,453 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot-Index overlook · 6 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 9 mi
- Rock Creek Vista · 9 mi
- Crazy Creek · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Metcalf Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Spirit Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Beartooth Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mount Rearguard: 4.1 mi
- Beartooth Butte: 4.3 mi
- Willow Park: 11.5 mi
- Rotary Park: 20.3 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 20.5 mi
- Finn Park: 20.6 mi
- Pride Park: 20.7 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 5.5 mi
- Impasse Falls: 9.9 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 10.2 mi
- Calamity Falls: 10.7 mi
- Reef Creek: 12.0 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 24.5 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 17.8 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 18.7 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 16.6 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 20.8 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 21.8 mi
- Corner Spring: 22.1 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 5.2 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 9.5 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 16.6 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 18.8 mi
- Washoe: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Lonesome Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NW 315° | 3,904 m | 14.4 mi |
| Castle Mountain | NNW 344° | 3,842 m | 5.9 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | N 5° | 3,821 m | 5.0 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | NNE 19° | 3,803 m | 7.6 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | NW 318° | 3,791 m | 14.1 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | NNW 334° | 3,785 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Peal | NW 319° | 3,778 m | 13.1 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | NNE 24° | 3,763 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:24 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 786509 — Lonesome Mountain, Carbon County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357936619
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