Monitor Peak
Monitor Peak rises to 3,168 m in Montana. Mount Cowen stands 3,417 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral Mountain, a peak 3.9 miles away.
The story
mountain in Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050974, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3168 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mineral Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Sliding Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Hanlon Hill: 6.1 mi
- Ash Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 8.0 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 9.6 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 9.7 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 13.6 mi
- Frog Rock: 14.6 mi
- Palette Spring: 13.4 mi
- New Blue Spring: 13.7 mi
- Cupid Spring: 13.7 mi
- Canary Spring: 13.8 mi
- Dryad Springs: 13.8 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 7.3 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 8.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.0 mi
- Point of Rocks: 12.8 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Passage Falls: 9.0 mi
- Undine Falls: 15.0 mi
- Wraith Falls: 15.6 mi
- Rustic Falls: 16.2 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
- Arch Park: 9.7 mi
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 13.1 mi
- Emigrant Gulch Historical Marker: 13.6 mi
- Willow Park: 21.0 mi
- Pine Creek Recreation Area: 23.9 mi
- Aldridge: 7.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Monitor Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cowen | NNE 26° | 3,417 m | 17.5 mi |
| Electric Peak | SW 221° | 3,341 m | 14.4 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | NNW 336° | 3,327 m | 7.7 mi |
| Black Spire | NNE 24° | 3,305 m | 17.2 mi |
| The Pyramid | NE 51° | 3,272 m | 15.9 mi |
| Crow Mountain | ENE 64° | 3,269 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Wallace | ENE 75° | 3,240 m | 8.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 92° | 3,197 m | 16.7 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 | 15:55 | 16:44 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357937130
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- Gardiner · 9 mi
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