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Mount Custer

Mount Custer, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Custer rises to 2,707 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hole-in-the-Wall Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away.

The story

Mount Custer (8,888 feet (2,709 m)) is a mountain in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Situated along the Continental Divide, Mount Custer rises more than 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above Lake Nooney, located below the summit to the east. Herbst Glacier is immediately northeast of the peak. The mountain is probably named for George Armstrong Custer, of Custer's Last Stand.

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Wikidata Q6920334, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2707 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.98004, -114.05822

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 25
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Mount Custer. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ClevelandESE 112°3,190 m10.3 mi
Kintla PeakWSW 244°3,079 m5.7 mi
Mount MerrittESE 121°3,054 m14.5 mi
Kinnerly PeakWSW 251°3,032 m5.1 mi
Mount CarterS 188°3,000 m6.1 mi
Rainbow PeakSSW 194°2,988 m7.2 mi
Long Knife PeakW 280°2,959 m6.9 mi
Vulture PeakS 171°2,937 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:0719:49
June solstice05:3320:5521:45
September equinox07:2418:5419:36
December solstice09:2816:4617:42

Local time (America/Edmonton).

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/357925287

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