Mount Penrose
Mount Penrose rises to 2,383 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Nyack Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mount Penrose, 7,877 ft (2,401 m), is a mountain in the Flathead Range of the Rocky Mountains in Montana, United States. It is named after Charles Bingham Penrose, inventor of the Penrose surgical drain.
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Wikidata Q6922702, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,383 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Nyack Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Great Bear Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Triangle Peak: 2.4 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 3.6 mi
- Hungry Horse Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Beaver Chief Falls: 13.2 mi
- Beaver Medicine Falls: 13.4 mi
- Feather Woman Falls: 14.2 mi
- Akaiyan Falls: 14.3 mi
- McDonald Falls: 15.9 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 9.5 mi
- Berne Memorial Park: 12.4 mi
- Pinewood Park: 16.2 mi
- Armory Park: 21.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 22.4 mi
- Glacier Highline: 9.6 mi
- Echo Lake Cosway Entrance: 21.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 22.5 mi
- The Bruck Bus-Truck: 22.8 mi
- Pine Grove Pond Fishing Access Sign: 23.4 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 9.2 mi
- Museum Of Wildlife: 10.5 mi
- Stumptown Historical Society Museum: 22.8 mi
- McGee Hill: 14.0 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 17.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 21.5 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 6.6 mi
- Whitefish Lake State Park: 24.5 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 17.4 mi
- GN 181: 22.9 mi
- Pine Grove Historic School Bell: 23.4 mi
- McCarthyville: 20.7 mi
- Whitefish Community Garden: 23.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Mount Penrose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | NE 55° | 3,091 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Jackson | NNE 22° | 3,064 m | 14.2 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | NNE 33° | 2,909 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Phillips | ENE 72° | 2,894 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | E 95° | 2,857 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | ENE 62° | 2,836 m | 12.6 mi |
| Gunsight Mountain | NNE 15° | 2,821 m | 15.0 mi |
| Eaglehead Mountain | ENE 67° | 2,773 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:07 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:52 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 15:49 | 16:44 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357937733
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 19 mi
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