Nahsukin Mountain
Nahsukin Mountain rises to 2,491 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bighorn Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
Nahsukin Mountain (8,194 feet (2,498 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Nahsukin Mountain is situated along the Continental Divide. "Nahsukin" is Kootenai for "chief".
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Wikidata Q8532706, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2491 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bighorn Peak: 1.6 mi
- Vulture Peak: 1.6 mi
- Redhorn Peak: 1.8 mi
- Trapper Peak: 2.4 mi
- Mount Geduhn: 3.2 mi
- Raven Quiver Falls: 6.7 mi
- Atsina Falls: 6.7 mi
- Paiota Falls: 6.7 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 7.2 mi
- Mokowanis Cascade: 7.2 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 1.8 mi
- The Hawksbill: 7.2 mi
- Glacier Wall: 12.0 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 12.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 14.4 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 11.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 12.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 14.3 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 19.8 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 23.5 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Nahsukin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | NE 48° | 3,190 m | 8.7 mi |
| Kintla Peak | NW 311° | 3,079 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Merritt | ENE 78° | 3,054 m | 9.4 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | NW 315° | 3,032 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Carter | NW 311° | 3,000 m | 5.3 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | WNW 298° | 2,988 m | 5.5 mi |
| Vulture Peak | W 260° | 2,937 m | 1.6 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | E 85° | 2,913 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:07 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:54 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:27 | 16:47 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 24 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 806308 — Nahsukin Mountain, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357958317
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- Glacier National Park · 14 mi
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