Mad Wolf Mountain
Mad Wolf Mountain rises to 2,538 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the south-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Basin Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Mad Wolf Mountain is located in the Lewis Range of the Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mad Wolf Mountain is just west of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, and rises abruptly above the Great Plains. It stands at 8,341 feet, or 2,542 meters. A Blackfeet name for the mountain was Muk-sin-a', or "Angry Woman", named for a Blackfeet woman who captured an enemy man attempting to steal horses.
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Wikidata Q6726076, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,538 m
How to reach it
99 named places within 25 miles
- Basin Mountain: 1.2 mi
- 7885 ft: 2.1 mi
- Bad Marriage Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Spot Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Plume Mountain (8724 ft): 2.5 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 3.8 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 4.9 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 5.9 mi
- Aster falls: 6.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.8 mi
- Beaver Slide: 13.8 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 18.1 mi
- Devils Slide: 19.5 mi
- Grinnell Point: 20.9 mi
- Glacier Wall: 22.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
- All Chief's Park: 16.2 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 16.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 19.8 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 23.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 10.9 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 15.8 mi
- McCarthyville: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mad Wolf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SSW 204° | 2,899 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Phillips | SW 229° | 2,894 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | SSW 204° | 2,862 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount James | WNW 282° | 2,857 m | 5.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | SW 229° | 2,856 m | 3.4 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | SW 223° | 2,809 m | 6.6 mi |
| Norris Mountain | W 275° | 2,716 m | 7.6 mi |
| White Calf Mountain | NNW 341° | 2,699 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 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 | 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, 11 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/357928272
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- Glacier National Park · 21 mi
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