Mount Helen
Mount Helen rises to 2,597 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the west-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pumpelly Pillar, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mount Helen (8,538 feet (2,602 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Helen rises immediately to the northwest roughly 3,100 feet (940 m) above Upper Two Medicine Lake in the southeastern part of Glacier National Park. The Continental Divide of the Americas passes over the summit of Mount Helen.
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Wikidata Q6921136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2597 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pumpelly Pillar: 0.8 mi
- Lone Walker Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Flinsch Peak: 1.6 mi
- 2536: 2.1 mi
- Mount Rockwell: 2.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.8 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 3.3 mi
- Aster falls: 4.2 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 5.3 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 5.5 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 17.8 mi
- Beaver Slide: 20.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 22.8 mi
- Grinnell Point: 23.8 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 23.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- All Chief's Park: 21.5 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 21.7 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 21.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 22.7 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 24.8 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 12.0 mi
- McCarthyville: 14.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 14.7 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.1 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Mount Helen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | WNW 293° | 3,091 m | 7.1 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | ENE 57° | 2,899 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Phillips | W 275° | 2,894 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | SSE 162° | 2,862 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | SW 214° | 2,857 m | 6.9 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 25° | 2,856 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | WNW 284° | 2,836 m | 6.1 mi |
| 2825 | ENE 65° | 2,825 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:51 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 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, 11 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/357927109
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- Glacier National Park · 20 mi
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