Mount Villard
Mount Villard rises to 3,735 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the northeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Glacier Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Villard (12,350 feet (3,760 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness on the border of Custer and Gallatin National Forests. Hidden Glacier lies to the northwest of the peak.
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Wikidata Q28056270, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,735 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 15.9 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 13 mi
- Crazy Creek · 14 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 18 mi
- Rock Creek Vista · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glacier Peak: 0.8 mi
- Mystic Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Granite Peak (Northwest Peak): 1.5 mi
- Granite Peak: 1.5 mi
- Cairn Mountain: 1.6 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 22.3 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 22.5 mi
- Blind Sheep Spring: 22.7 mi
- Quaker Spring: 22.8 mi
- Upper Cottonwood Spring: 22.9 mi
- Impasse Falls: 4.9 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 14.3 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 14.8 mi
- Calamity Falls: 15.2 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 19.2 mi
- Reef Creek: 24.9 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 17.4 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 24.4 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 19.3 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 24.5 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 10.4 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 10.9 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 12.2 mi
- Willow Park: 12.6 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 15.0 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Mount Villard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NE 51° | 3,904 m | 1.5 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NE 35° | 3,882 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Wood | N 6° | 3,846 m | 8.7 mi |
| Castle Mountain | ESE 109° | 3,842 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | ENE 58° | 3,791 m | 2.3 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | ESE 112° | 3,785 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Peal | ENE 75° | 3,778 m | 3.0 mi |
| Glacier Peak | W 271° | 3,762 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:52 | 16:41 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357940343
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