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Mount Wilse

Mount Wilse, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Wilse rises to 3,593 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the northeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Iceberg Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 7.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49055204, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3593 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.13189, -109.86685

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • Impasse Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Crazy Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Woodbine Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Sentinel Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Calamity Falls: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Warm Creek Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Soda Butte Creek: 17.2 mi
  • Reef Creek: 24.8 mi
Parks: 2
  • Cooke City Historical Marker: 9.0 mi
  • Willow Park: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 2
Museums: 1
  • Cooke City Montana Museum: 8.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Gallery Dan Hartman: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Mount Wilse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite PeakNE 53°3,903.5 m3.6 mi
Granite Peak (Northwest Peak)NE 46°3,882 m3.5 mi
Mount WoodNNE 15°3,846 m10.2 mi
Castle MountainE 101°3,842 m11.8 mi
Tempest MountainENE 56°3,791 m4.4 mi
Castle Rock MountainESE 103°3,785 m10.6 mi
Mount PealENE 66°3,778 m5.0 mi
Glacier PeakNE 35°3,762 m1.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5319:32
June solstice05:3320:2621:11
September equinox07:0718:4019:19
December solstice07:5615:5216:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151825324250575547362313

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silver Gate, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 793380 — Mount Wilse, Park County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357940650

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