Mineral Mountain
Mineral Mountain rises to 3,131 m in Montana. Mount Cowen stands 3,417 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Monitor Peak, a peak 3.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Park County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49050513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,131 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Monitor Peak: 3.9 mi
- Emigrant Peak: 5.6 mi
- Chico Peak: 6.1 mi
- Sliding Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Knowles Peak: 7.1 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 11.1 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 13.5 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 13.6 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 17.4 mi
- Frog Rock: 17.9 mi
- Passage Falls: 6.0 mi
- Undine Falls: 18.7 mi
- Wraith Falls: 19.2 mi
- Rustic Falls: 20.1 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Palette Spring: 17.3 mi
- New Blue Spring: 17.6 mi
- Cupid Spring: 17.6 mi
- Canary Spring: 17.7 mi
- Dryad Springs: 17.7 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 10.0 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 10.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.3 mi
- Point of Rocks: 12.8 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 19.7 mi
- Arch Park: 13.6 mi
- Pine Creek Recreation Area: 20.0 mi
- Willow Park: 24.8 mi
- Aldridge: 11.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Mineral Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cowen | NNE 28° | 3,417 m | 13.6 mi |
| Electric Peak | SW 217° | 3,341 m | 18.1 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | NW 307° | 3,327 m | 5.6 mi |
| Black Spire | NNE 25° | 3,305 m | 13.4 mi |
| The Needles | NE 55° | 3,292 m | 18.3 mi |
| The Pyramid | ENE 60° | 3,272 m | 12.8 mi |
| Crow Mountain | ENE 76° | 3,269 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Wallace | E 100° | 3,240 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:54 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 787463 — Mineral Mountain, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357937075
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- Gardiner · 13 mi
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