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Mount Penrose

Mount Penrose, seen from above at true elevation

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6922702, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2383 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.40941, -113.83733

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks: 28
  • Belton Stage Park: 9.5 mi
  • Berne Memorial Park: 12.4 mi
  • Bad Rock Canyon Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
  • Surrounded by Wilderness Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
  • Pinewood Park: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 28
Attractions: 8
  • Glacier Highline: 9.6 mi
  • Echo Lake Cosway Entrance: 21.1 mi
  • Echo Lake Cosway entrance: 21.2 mi
  • Weeping Wall: 22.5 mi
  • The Bruck Bus-Truck: 22.8 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Apgar Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Great Northern Flats: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Whitefish Community Garden: 23.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount StimsonNE 55°3,091 m12.7 mi
Mount JacksonNNE 22°3,064 m14.2 mi
Blackfoot MountainNNE 33°2,909 m14.2 mi
Mount PhillipsENE 72°2,894 m15.1 mi
Mount Saint NicholasE 95°2,857 m13.2 mi
Mount PinchotENE 62°2,836 m12.6 mi
Gunsight MountainNNE 15°2,821 m15.0 mi
Eaglehead MountainENE 67°2,773 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0719:48
June solstice05:3520:5221:41
September equinox07:2318:5419:35
December solstice08:2515:4916:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252734425258656454423225
Precip in3.52.22.62.12.63.81.41.22.03.03.23.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357937733

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