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Moonlight Peak

Moonlight Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Moonlight Peak rises to 2,460 m in Montana. Rocky Mountain stands 2,858 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49051361, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2460 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.87633, -113.02562

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 5
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 4.7 mi
  • Wapiti Park: 15.2 mi
  • Ear Mountain State Game Refuge: 17.0 mi
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 18.7 mi
  • Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Dean Falls: 8.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 18.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Moonlight Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky MountainESE 113°2,858 m11.3 mi
Old BaldyE 99°2,769 m9.5 mi
Three SistersSSW 200°2,711 m7.6 mi
Slategoat MountainS 176°2,707 m14.0 mi
Mount WrightNE 49°2,701 m10.8 mi
Silvertip MountainWSW 239°2,699 m12.2 mi
Pentagon MountainNW 308°2,698 m5.8 mi
Redhead PeakSSW 198°2,675 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0419:45
June solstice05:3420:4721:35
September equinox07:2018:5119:32
December solstice08:1915:4916:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242431384653626052413124
Precip in0.70.90.81.62.93.11.11.31.31.10.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibson DAM, 23 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357956838

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