Mount Jefferson
Mount Jefferson rises to 3,083 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,218 m to the south-southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hollowtop Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mount Jefferson is a mountain in the U.S. state of Montana, and is one of the many 10,000+ ft peaks in the Tobacco Root Mountains. The mountain is located in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. (There is also another Mount Jefferson in Montana, further south, on the Idaho/Montana border.) Hollowtop Mountain is an adjacent, taller peak less than .75 miles (1.2 km) to the north. Over the years, the two summits have had numerous names and elevations recorded on various maps. According to U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps, Mount Jefferson is 10,513 ft (3,204 m), while Hollowtop Mountain to the north is 10,604 ft (3,232 m).
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Wikidata Q6921491, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,083 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hollowtop Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Horse Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Potosi Peak: 1.7 mi
- Little Granite Peak: 2.4 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sheridan City Park: 13.9 mi
- Twin Bridges City Park: 16.1 mi
- Jessen Park: 16.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 16.6 mi
- Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park: 16.8 mi
- Jefferson Valley Museum: 18.6 mi
- Nevada City Museum Entrance & Music Hall: 20.6 mi
- Alder Gulch Short Line Steam Railroad Museum: 20.6 mi
- River of Gold: 20.7 mi
- J. Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum: 21.6 mi
- Norris Hot Springs: 15.7 mi
- Hidden Spring: 16.7 mi
- Round Spring: 19.6 mi
- Bull Pen Spring: 19.7 mi
- Friend Spring: 22.7 mi
- Robbers Roost Historical Marker: 16.1 mi
- 2 Story Outhouse: 20.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Place of Discovery: 22.1 mi
- Pony: 6.6 mi
- Nevada City: 20.6 mi
- Renova Hotspring: 14.2 mi
- Biltmore Hot Springs: 24.7 mi
- Boulder Creek: 5.6 mi
- Lost Tomahawk: 13.3 mi
- National Museum of Machinery: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Mount Jefferson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | SSW 213° | 3,218 m | 3.2 mi |
| Hollowtop Mountain | N 353° | 3,216 m | 0.6 mi |
| Lakeshore Mountain | W 263° | 3,179 m | 5.0 mi |
| A P A Mountain | W 262° | 3,167 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Jackson | W 259° | 3,165 m | 4.7 mi |
| Lonesome Peak | S 187° | 3,148 m | 3.7 mi |
| Noble Peak | SW 224° | 3,147 m | 3.8 mi |
| Thompson Peak | S 187° | 3,147 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:02 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:36 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 15:58 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Bridges, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 784953 — Mount Jefferson, Madison County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357935718
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- Three Forks · 30 mi
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