McClintock Peak
McClintock Peak rises to 2,519 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the west, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Morgan, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
McClintock Peak (8,290 feet (2,527 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. McClintock Peak is situated along the Continental Divide. The Lake of the Seven Winds sits below the east slopes of the peak and Mount Morgan is .56 mi (0.90 km) to the south.
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Wikidata Q6800360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2519 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Morgan: 0.8 mi
- 2497: 1.3 mi
- Tinkham Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Flinsch Peak: 1.9 mi
- 2599: 1.9 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 3.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.9 mi
- Aster falls: 5.8 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 5.8 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 5.9 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 15.3 mi
- Beaver Slide: 17.3 mi
- Glacier Wall: 20.2 mi
- Grinnell Point: 20.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 22.1 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 17.9 mi
- All Chief's Park: 21.1 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 21.2 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 18.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 19.8 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 21.8 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 11.2 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 15.3 mi
- McCarthyville: 17.7 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 20.7 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of McClintock Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | W 263° | 3,091 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SE 128° | 2,899 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Phillips | SW 216° | 2,894 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | S 170° | 2,862 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount James | NNW 348° | 2,857 m | 4.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | ENE 72° | 2,856 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | WSW 250° | 2,836 m | 6.0 mi |
| 2825 | ESE 117° | 2,825 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:51 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 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 | 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, 13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 773971 — McClintock Peak, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357928399
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 18 mi
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