Meridian Peak
Meridian Peak rises to 3,190 m in Montana. Glacier Peak stands 3,762 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Meridian Peak is a mountain in the Absaroka Range in the state of Montana, United States. It has an elevation of 10,466 feet (3,190 m) and is located in Park County, Montana. The mountain is included in Yellowstone National Park.
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Wikidata Q17107888, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3190 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 11 mi
- Crazy Creek · 13 mi
- Falls · 16 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mineral Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Sunset Peak: 1.3 mi
- Miller Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Wolverine Peak: 1.8 mi
- Crown Butte: 2.7 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
- Impasse Falls: 14.2 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 20.5 mi
- Tower Fall: 20.9 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 12.7 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 19.2 mi
- Devil's Den: 21.0 mi
- Petrified Tree: 22.7 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 7.5 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
- Willow Park: 9.7 mi
- Wahb spring: 15.1 mi
- Calcite Springs: 21.0 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 21.0 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 24.6 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 1.6 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 3.2 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 3.5 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Meridian Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Peak | NE 41° | 3,762 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Villard | NE 44° | 3,735 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cairn Mountain | NE 50° | 3,725 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mystic Mountain | NE 39° | 3,686 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Wilse | NE 42° | 3,593 m | 9.8 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NNE 27° | 3,582 m | 9.5 mi |
| Iceberg Peak | NE 38° | 3,513 m | 9.1 mi |
| Pilot Peak | ESE 121° | 3,512 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooke City 2 W, 2 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357956807
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