Mount Carter
Mount Carter rises to 3,000 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mount Carter (9,848 feet (3,002 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Rainbow Glacier is just south of Mount Carter while Weasel Collar Glacier is immediately northeast. Mount Carter is the tenth tallest peak in Glacier National Park.
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Wikidata Q6920066, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3000 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Peak: 1.3 mi
- Square Peak: 2.1 mi
- Thunderbird Mountain: 3.2 mi
- The Guardhouse: 3.2 mi
- The Sentinel: 3.6 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 3.9 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 4.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 9.0 mi
- Atsina Falls: 10.4 mi
- Paiota Falls: 10.4 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 3.9 mi
- The Hawksbill: 4.5 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 15.2 mi
- The Coal Banks: 15.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 17.3 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 17.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 19.6 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Mount Carter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | ENE 78° | 3,190 m | 10.7 mi |
| Kintla Peak | NW 310° | 3,079 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Merritt | E 96° | 3,054 m | 13.3 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | NW 318° | 3,032 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | SW 224° | 2,988 m | 1.3 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | NW 321° | 2,959 m | 9.4 mi |
| Vulture Peak | SSE 147° | 2,937 m | 4.5 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | ESE 102° | 2,913 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:08 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:54 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:28 | 16:47 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 27 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357924616
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- Glacier National Park · 20 mi
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