Mystic Mountain
Mystic Mountain rises to 3,686 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the east, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Peak (Northwest Peak), a peak 1.3 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mystic Mountain (12,085 feet (3,684 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Custer National Forest and approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) west of Granite Peak.
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Wikidata Q28056300, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3686 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 15 mi
- Crazy Creek · 16 mi
- Falls · 18 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Granite Peak (Northwest Peak): 1.3 mi
- Glacier Peak: 1.3 mi
- Mount Villard: 1.3 mi
- Granite Peak: 1.6 mi
- Tempest Mountain: 2.4 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 21.1 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 21.2 mi
- Blind Sheep Spring: 21.4 mi
- Quaker Spring: 21.5 mi
- South Pass Creek Spring: 21.6 mi
- Impasse Falls: 5.9 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 13.0 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 15.2 mi
- Calamity Falls: 15.6 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 11.8 mi
- Willow Park: 13.9 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 20.0 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 18.1 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 24.7 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 11.3 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 11.9 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 13.0 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 14.0 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 18.6 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Mystic Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | E 100° | 3,903.5 m | 1.6 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | E 91° | 3,882 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Wood | N 10° | 3,846 m | 7.5 mi |
| Castle Mountain | ESE 115° | 3,842 m | 11.3 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | E 91° | 3,791 m | 2.4 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | ESE 118° | 3,785 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Peal | E 98° | 3,778 m | 3.3 mi |
| Glacier Peak | SSW 199° | 3,762 m | 1.3 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 | 15:51 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 787901 — Mystic Mountain, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357937342
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