Ninaki Peak
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Ninaki Peak rises to 2,525 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Papoose, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Ninaki Mountain is located in Montana, 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of Carway, Alberta and 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) southwest of Chief Mountain. It was named in honour of the sacrifice of the wife who threw her baby, then herself off the mountain in reaction to the death of her war-chief husband as a result of a battle which took place between Peigan and Blackfeet warriors.
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Wikidata Q14704744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2525 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Papoose: 0.3 mi
- Chief Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Gable Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Yellow Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Sherburne Peak: 4.0 mi
- Dawn Mist Falls: 4.5 mi
- Gros Ventre Falls: 5.3 mi
- Apikuni Falls: 7.7 mi
- Miche Wabun Falls: 7.7 mi
- Ptarmigan Falls: 8.1 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 5.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.3 mi
- Grinnell Point: 9.8 mi
- Beaver Slide: 15.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 16.2 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 12.5 mi
- Weeping Wall: 13.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 14.4 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 8.6 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 13.9 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Ninaki Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | W 270° | 3,190 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Merritt | WSW 243° | 3,054 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | S 185° | 3,052 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | S 183° | 2,992 m | 13.3 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | S 182° | 2,939 m | 16.2 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | SW 236° | 2,913 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Gould | SSW 198° | 2,911 m | 13.2 mi |
| Kaina Mountain | WNW 285° | 2,892 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:53 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 09:26 | 16:45 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/957696127
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 18 mi
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