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Mount Carter

Mount Carter, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates48.89220, -114.07763

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 33
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ClevelandENE 78°3,190 m10.7 mi
Kintla PeakNW 310°3,079 m5.6 mi
Mount MerrittE 96°3,054 m13.3 mi
Kinnerly PeakNW 318°3,032 m5.9 mi
Rainbow PeakSW 224°2,988 m1.3 mi
Long Knife PeakNW 321°2,959 m9.4 mi
Vulture PeakSSE 147°2,937 m4.5 mi
Ipasha PeakESE 102°2,913 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:0819:49
June solstice05:3320:5421:44
September equinox07:2418:5419:36
December solstice09:2816:4717:42

Local time (America/Edmonton).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252734425258656454423225
Precip in3.52.22.62.12.63.81.41.22.03.03.23.2

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357924616

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