Mount Pinchot
Mount Pinchot rises to 2,836 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the north-northwest, 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Pinchot (9,315 feet (2,839 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Pinchot is less than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) SSE of Mount Stimson while Beaver Woman Lake is southeast of Mount Pinchot. Mount Pinchot is named for Gifford Pinchot, pioneering forester and past Chief of United States Forest Service, which he helped organize. The name, Mount Pinchot, was officially approved by the United States Geographic Board on March 6, 1929.
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Wikidata Q6922758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2836 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Stimson: 1.5 mi
- Eaglehead Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Peril Peak: 2.7 mi
- Threesuns Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Mount Phillips: 3.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 7.8 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 8.5 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 9.2 mi
- Siksika Falls: 9.4 mi
- Aster falls: 10.2 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 13.0 mi
- Glacier Wall: 18.2 mi
- McGee Hill: 19.9 mi
- Grinnell Point: 20.6 mi
- Beaver Slide: 21.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 17.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 18.6 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 20.7 mi
- Glacier Highline: 21.3 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 18.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
- Berne Memorial Park: 24.6 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 20.9 mi
- Museum Of Wildlife: 22.8 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 13.2 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 16.6 mi
- McCarthyville: 17.2 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Mount Pinchot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | NNW 332° | 3,091 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Jackson | NW 321° | 3,064 m | 9.3 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | NNW 331° | 2,909 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | E 90° | 2,899 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Phillips | ESE 111° | 2,894 m | 3.4 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | N 360° | 2,867 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | ESE 119° | 2,862 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | SSE 164° | 2,857 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:48 | 16:42 |
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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 17 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357929335
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 16 mi
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