Mount Grinnell
Mount Grinnell rises to 2,686 m in Montana. Mount Merritt stands 3,054 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Grinnell Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away.
The story
Mount Grinnell is a peak located in the heart of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Lying just east of the Continental Divide in the Many Glacier region of the park, the peak is flanked to the northwest by Swiftcurrent Glacier and to the south by Grinnell Glacier. Mount Grinnell is named after George Bird Grinnell. From the Many Glacier Hotel on Swiftcurrent Lake, the eastern arm of Mount Grinnell, known as Grinnell Point, hides the main summit.
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Wikidata Q6921000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2686 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Angel Wing: 1.5 mi
- Swiftcurrent Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Wilbur: 2.1 mi
- Mount Gould: 2.4 mi
- Iceberg Peak: 3.0 mi
- Grinnell Falls: 1.0 mi
- Redrock Falls: 1.5 mi
- Salamander Falls: 1.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.6 mi
- Feather Plume Falls: 2.1 mi
- Grinnell Point: 2.1 mi
- Glacier Wall: 5.1 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 8.3 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 11.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 13.0 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 2.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 3.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 14.3 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.7 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 23.3 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 11.0 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Mount Grinnell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Merritt | NNW 337° | 3,054 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | SE 133° | 3,052 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | SE 127° | 2,992 m | 5.1 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | SE 145° | 2,939 m | 7.2 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NNW 332° | 2,913 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Gould | SSE 167° | 2,911 m | 2.4 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | SSE 147° | 2,867 m | 10.9 mi |
| Allen Mountain | ESE 112° | 2,864 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:53 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 09:26 | 16:46 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357926852
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 7 mi
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