Mount Jumbo
Mount Jumbo rises to 1,452 m in Montana. Sweeney Peak stands 2,795 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The L, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mount Jumbo (Salish: Sin Min Koos, meaning "obstacle" or "thing in the way"), also called Mount Loyola by some locals, is a mountain overlooking the city of Missoula in the U.S. state of Montana. It is northeast of the city's downtown and, in its majority, is publicly owned. In 1996, Jumbo was purchased from private landowners and protected from development. Funding for this purchase came from an open space bond, federal and non-profit agencies and thousands of local contributors. Additional land parcels have been purchased since then, increasing the easement to 1,800 acres (730 ha).
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Wikidata Q6921556, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1452 m
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Garnet Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bugbee Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Hell Gate and Missoula Historical Marker: 0.8 mi
- East Missoula Lions Park: 0.9 mi
- Greenough Park: 1.0 mi
- Pineview Park: 1.0 mi
- Waterworks Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Sentinel: 1.9 mi
- University Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Ginny Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Woody Mountain: 4.1 mi
- The X’s: 1.7 mi
- Grizzly Gate: 1.8 mi
- The Fishing Kids: 2.4 mi
- Captain John Mullan: 3.4 mi
- The Eight Stupas: 22.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Outdoor Learning Center: 1.0 mi
- PEAS Farm: 1.4 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.8 mi
- Water Wise Garden: 2.0 mi
- Northside Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Graveyard Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Capt. John Mullan: 1.7 mi
- Grizzly Statue: 1.9 mi
- Roosevelt: 2.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Montana Museum of Art and Culture: 1.7 mi
- Arts Missoula: 1.7 mi
- Missoula Art Museum: 1.8 mi
- E3 Convergance Gallery: 2.0 mi
- Montana Natural History Center / Five Valleys Land Trust: 2.4 mi
- The L: 0.7 mi
- The M: 1.6 mi
- KettleHouse Amphitheater: 4.5 mi
- Library Car: 5.6 mi
- “Galloping Goose” Crummy: 5.6 mi
- MPG Ranch: 13.3 mi
- Rock Creek Confluence: 17.3 mi
- Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 13.7 mi
- Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 24.0 mi
- Hell Gate: 6.2 mi
- Blue Slide: 6.3 mi
- Colma Spring: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Mount Jumbo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeney Peak | SW 218° | 2,795 m | 20.3 mi |
| Lolo Peak | SW 224° | 2,786 m | 19.6 mi |
| McLeod Peak | N 6° | 2,631 m | 15.0 mi |
| Murphy Peak | N 356° | 2,488 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mosquito Peak | N 6° | 2,444 m | 11.2 mi |
| Point Six | N 353° | 2,420 m | 11.3 mi |
| Stuart Peak | N 11° | 2,398 m | 9.0 mi |
| Triangle Peak | NNE 15° | 2,375 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:08 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:47 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 15:59 | 16:50 |
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 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Missoula 2 NE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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