Mount Rockwell
Mount Rockwell rises to 2,862 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north-northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Walker Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mount Rockwell (9,277 feet (2,828 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Rockwell is situated along the Continental Divide and Aurice Lake is just west of the peak. A Blackfeet name for the mountain is "Rising Bull Mountain." It was named for a Blackfeet chief who, after staying with the Flathead people of his wife for a number of winters, was appointed one of their chiefs for his bravery and his kind and generous nature.
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Wikidata Q8532700, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2862 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lone Walker Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Chief Lodgepole Peak: 1.5 mi
- Painted Tepee Peak: 1.8 mi
- Pumpelly Pillar: 2.2 mi
- Sinopah Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 2.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 2.6 mi
- Aster falls: 4.0 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 5.3 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 5.9 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 19.8 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Beaver Slide: 22.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 24.9 mi
- All Chief's Park: 21.6 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 21.8 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 23.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 23.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 24.9 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 9.8 mi
- McCarthyville: 12.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 16.9 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.1 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.5 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Mount Rockwell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NNE 24° | 2,899 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Phillips | NW 305° | 2,894 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | SW 232° | 2,857 m | 5.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | N 11° | 2,856 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | WNW 299° | 2,836 m | 7.5 mi |
| 2825 | NE 36° | 2,825 m | 4.7 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | N 350° | 2,809 m | 3.9 mi |
| Eaglehead Mountain | WNW 287° | 2,773 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:47 | 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, 10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357930088
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- Glacier National Park · 23 mi
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