Metcalf Mountain
Metcalf Mountain rises to 3,651 m in Montana. Castle Mountain stands 3,842 m to the northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Spirit Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Metcalf Mountain (11,982 feet (3,652 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Custer National Forest and named for Lee Metcalf, former U.S. Senator from Montana.
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Wikidata Q28056302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,651 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 10.7 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Point Observation Site · 7 mi
- Rock Creek Vista · 7 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 8 mi
- Crazy Creek · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spirit Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mount Rearguard: 1.8 mi
- Beartooth Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Lonesome Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Willow Park: 14.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 17.8 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 18.0 mi
- Finn Park: 18.1 mi
- Pride Park: 18.2 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 6.8 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 9.0 mi
- Calamity Falls: 9.4 mi
- Impasse Falls: 11.5 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
- Reef Creek: 12.6 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 19.0 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 14.0 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 15.5 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 18.8 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 18.4 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 19.2 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 19.2 mi
- Corner Spring: 19.5 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 6.8 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 7.0 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 19.2 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Metcalf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | NW 320° | 3,842 m | 6.5 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | NNW 334° | 3,821 m | 4.8 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | N 359° | 3,803 m | 6.5 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | NW 313° | 3,785 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Peal | NW 310° | 3,778 m | 14.5 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,763 m | 2.7 mi |
| Spirit Mountain | NNW 340° | 3,746 m | 1.0 mi |
| Bowback Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,746 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:24 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Lodge, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7816557484
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