Medicine Owl Peak
Medicine Owl Peak rises to 2,520 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Amphitheater Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Medicine Owl Peak (8,284 feet (2,525 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is situated .71 mi (1.14 km) northwest of Amphitheater Mountain.
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Wikidata Q6806743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,520 m
How to reach it
111 named places within 25 miles
- Amphitheater Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Kakitos Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount James: 1.7 mi
- Split Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Triple Divide Peak: 2.7 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 6.5 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 6.5 mi
- Baring Falls: 6.5 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 6.8 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 11.7 mi
- Beaver Slide: 12.2 mi
- Grinnell Point: 15.0 mi
- Glacier Wall: 15.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 16.3 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 12.4 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 22.1 mi
- All Chief's Park: 22.2 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 13.4 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.9 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 5.4 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.9 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- McCarthyville: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Medicine Owl Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SW 219° | 3,091 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Jackson | W 267° | 3,064 m | 10.4 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NW 323° | 2,992 m | 10.7 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NW 311° | 2,939 m | 8.6 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | WSW 257° | 2,909 m | 8.1 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SSE 155° | 2,899 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Phillips | S 189° | 2,894 m | 9.2 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | WNW 299° | 2,867 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| 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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 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/357928477
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- Glacier National Park · 14 mi
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