Mount James
Mount James rises to 2,857 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Amphitheater Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mount James (9,380 feet (2,859 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount James is 1.35 miles (2.17 km) northeast of Triple Divide Peak. The Blackfeet name for the mountain is Ah'-kow-to-mak-an (Double Runner).
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Wikidata Q6921477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2857 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Amphitheater Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Triple Divide Peak: 1.4 mi
- Medicine Owl Peak: 1.7 mi
- Norris Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Medicine Grizzly Peak: 2.1 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 2.0 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 7.6 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 7.6 mi
- Baring Falls: 7.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 8.0 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 12.4 mi
- Beaver Slide: 13.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 16.5 mi
- Glacier Wall: 16.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 18.0 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 21.8 mi
- All Chief's Park: 21.9 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.5 mi
- Weeping Wall: 14.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 16.2 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 18.1 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 7.0 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 19.5 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.5 mi
- McCarthyville: 21.9 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Mount James. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SW 228° | 3,091 m | 7.2 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NW 318° | 2,939 m | 9.9 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | W 269° | 2,909 m | 8.1 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,899 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Phillips | SSW 192° | 2,894 m | 7.5 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | NW 312° | 2,867 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | S 169° | 2,862 m | 9.9 mi |
| Red Mountain | SE 137° | 2,856 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:47 | 16:41 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357927556
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- Glacier National Park · 15 mi
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