Mount Henkel
Mount Henkel rises to 2,658 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Crowfeet Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mount Henkel (8,774 feet (2,674 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Kennedy Lake is just to the north of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q6921154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2658 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crowfeet Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Altyn Peak: 1.4 mi
- Apikuni Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mount Wilbur: 2.8 mi
- Seward Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Ptarmigan Falls: 1.3 mi
- Apikuni Falls: 1.9 mi
- Swiftcurrent Falls: 2.0 mi
- Redrock Falls: 2.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 3.9 mi
- Grinnell Point: 2.4 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 8.4 mi
- Glacier Wall: 8.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 10.3 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 11.7 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 5.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 6.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 6.9 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 11.8 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 12.6 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 15.6 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Mount Henkel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | NW 314° | 3,190 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Merritt | NW 306° | 3,054 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | SSE 167° | 3,052 m | 6.6 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | SSE 161° | 2,992 m | 6.5 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | SSE 167° | 2,939 m | 9.3 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | WNW 294° | 2,913 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Gould | SSW 195° | 2,911 m | 5.6 mi |
| Kaina Mountain | NNW 330° | 2,892 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 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, 13 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/357927133
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 11 mi
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