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Mount Doody

Mount Doody, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Doody rises to 2,637 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the north-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloudcroft Peaks, a peak 0.4 miles away.

The story

Mount Doody (8,644–8,684 feet (2,635–2,647 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Doody is astride the same ridgeline as the Cloudcroft Peaks which are to the immediate northeast. Dan Doody was one of the first six rangers at Glacier National Park. Doody patrolled the Middle Fork drainages, using his own homestead as a headquarters. Later, because of his recognized hunting abilities, Doody became a park hunter skilled at removing "undesirable" wildlife from the area.

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Wikidata Q6920468, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2637 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.42997, -113.57594

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 29
  • Twin Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Aster falls: 9.6 mi
  • Appistoki Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Running Eagle Falls: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Glacier Highline: 21.6 mi
  • Weeping Wall: 21.7 mi
  • Weeping Wall: 23.1 mi
Parks: 2
  • Belton Stage Park: 20.2 mi
  • Berne Memorial Park: 24.4 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Silver Dollar Beach: 17.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Apgar Picnic Area: 19.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Mount Doody. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount StimsonNNW 345°3,091 m6.0 mi
Rising Wolf MountainENE 58°2,899 m8.6 mi
Mount PhillipsNE 35°2,894 m4.0 mi
Mount RockwellE 81°2,862 m5.8 mi
Mount Saint NicholasSSE 156°2,857 m2.9 mi
Red MountainNE 44°2,856 m10.1 mi
Mount PinchotN 349°2,836 m4.6 mi
2825ENE 61°2,825 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0619:47
June solstice05:3320:5121:40
September equinox07:2218:5319:34
December solstice08:2415:4816:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222228364553605951402922
Precip in3.12.62.62.22.94.01.51.52.22.52.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 16 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
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 770721 — Mount Doody, Flathead County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357925646

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