Mahtotopa Mountain
Mahtotopa Mountain rises to 2,621 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the south, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Eagle Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Mahtotopa Mountain (8,677 feet (2,645 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mahtotopa Mountain rises to the south above Saint Mary Lake midway between Red Eagle Mountain and Little Chief Mountain and can be easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road to the southwest of Rising Sun. Originally named Four Bears Mountain by George Bird Grinnell in 1885, the name was changed in 1932 to Mahtotopa. Mahtotopa is an incorrect spelling of "Mato-tope" which comes from Lakota, Mato Topa, the Mandan chief known as Four Bears. Mato-tope was a grandfather of Joe Kipp, a hunting companion of Grinnell.
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Wikidata Q8532609, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2621 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Eagle Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Chief Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Dusty Star Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Almost-a-Dog Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Goat Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Baring Falls: 2.1 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 2.1 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 2.1 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 2.4 mi
- Deadwood Falls: 3.3 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 7.8 mi
- Grinnell Point: 10.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 11.6 mi
- Beaver Slide: 11.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 14.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 8.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 10.5 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 12.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.1 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 2.7 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Mahtotopa Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | S 191° | 3,091 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Jackson | WSW 243° | 3,064 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NW 325° | 3,052 m | 6.4 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NNW 331° | 2,992 m | 6.4 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NW 311° | 2,939 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Gould | NW 314° | 2,911 m | 9.1 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SW 223° | 2,909 m | 6.6 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,867 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:52 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 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 | 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, 9 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 773821 — Mahtotopa Mountain, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357928293
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- Glacier National Park · 10 mi
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