Mount Ellsworth
Mount Ellsworth rises to 2,613 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north-northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Never Laughs Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mount Ellsworth (8,586 feet (2,617 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Ellsworth is in the southeastern section of Glacier National Park and can be seen from Two Medicine Lake and surrounding areas. Mount Ellsworth is named, "for "Billy" Ellsworth, an oldtimer who packed for the U. S. Geological Survey."
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Wikidata Q8532673, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2613 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Never Laughs Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Bearhead Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mount Henry: 1.7 mi
- Grizzly Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Painted Tepee Peak: 2.0 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 2.0 mi
- Aster falls: 2.4 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 3.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.9 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 4.3 mi
- All Chief's Park: 18.4 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 18.7 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 23.9 mi
- Camp Disappointment Historical Marker: 24.1 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 22.8 mi
- Beaver Slide: 22.9 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 8.2 mi
- McCarthyville: 11.9 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 17.9 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Mount Ellsworth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NNW 332° | 2,899 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Phillips | WNW 292° | 2,894 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | W 277° | 2,862 m | 3.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNW 340° | 2,856 m | 7.3 mi |
| 2825 | NNW 346° | 2,825 m | 4.4 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | NW 314° | 2,809 m | 6.2 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | SW 231° | 2,755 m | 2.0 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,692 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:39 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 15:47 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 7 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/357934725
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 26 mi
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