Mount Peal
Mount Peal rises to 3,778 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tempest Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mount Peal (12,414 feet (3,784 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beatooth Mountains, the ninth tallest in Montana and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness of Custer National Forest. The nearest taller mountain to Mount Peal is Tempest Mountain, 1 mi (1.6 km) WNW.
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Wikidata Q28056267, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,778 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 14 mi
- Crazy Creek · 15 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 17 mi
- Rock Creek Vista · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tempest Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Cairn Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Granite Peak: 1.7 mi
- Pika Peak: 1.9 mi
- Granite Peak (Northwest Peak): 2.1 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 21.8 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 21.9 mi
- Blind Sheep Spring: 22.2 mi
- Upper Cottonwood Spring: 22.3 mi
- North Robinson Spring: 22.6 mi
- Impasse Falls: 3.3 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 11.9 mi
- Calamity Falls: 12.3 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 14.4 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 15.0 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 21.8 mi
- Reef Creek: 24.2 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 18.9 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 21.5 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 24.8 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 12.6 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 13.1 mi
- Willow Park: 13.6 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 14.7 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 16.6 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 17.1 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Mount Peal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | W 276° | 3,904 m | 1.7 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | WNW 282° | 3,882 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Wood | NNW 346° | 3,846 m | 8.1 mi |
| Castle Mountain | ESE 122° | 3,842 m | 8.1 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | ESE 119° | 3,821 m | 10.3 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | ESE 104° | 3,803 m | 11.4 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | WNW 294° | 3,791 m | 1.0 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | SE 127° | 3,785 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357937708
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