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Mount Ellsworth

Mount Ellsworth, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates48.43636, -113.36899

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 20
  • 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
Parks: 4
  • 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
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rising Wolf MountainNNW 332°2,899 m4.7 mi
Mount PhillipsWNW 292°2,894 m7.7 mi
Mount RockwellW 277°2,862 m3.8 mi
Red MountainNNW 340°2,856 m7.3 mi
2825NNW 346°2,825 m4.4 mi
Flinsch PeakNW 314°2,809 m6.2 mi
Grizzly MountainSW 231°2,755 m2.0 mi
Battlement MountainWSW 258°2,692 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0519:46
June solstice05:3320:5021:39
September equinox07:2118:5219:33
December solstice08:2315:4716:42

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, 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357934725

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