Norris Mountain
Norris Mountain rises to 2,716 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Triple Divide Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Norris Mountain (8,887 feet (2,709 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Norris Mountain is situated along the Continental Divide; it is the parent of Triple Divide Peak—the point at which North America's Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific drainage basins converge—located 0.8 miles (1.3 km) east-southeast.
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Wikidata Q8532711, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,716 m
How to reach it
109 named places within 25 miles
- Triple Divide Peak: 0.8 mi
- Split Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Razoredge Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount James: 2.0 mi
- Amphitheater Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 3.8 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 6.8 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 6.8 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 7.3 mi
- Baring Falls: 7.4 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 11.0 mi
- Beaver Slide: 15.0 mi
- Glacier Wall: 15.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 16.1 mi
- Devils Slide: 18.8 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 15.1 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 22.6 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 23.7 mi
- All Chief's Park: 23.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 13.7 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 17.3 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 7.3 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- McCarthyville: 21.6 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 23.4 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Norris Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SW 219° | 3,091 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Jackson | W 281° | 3,064 m | 8.8 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NNW 329° | 2,939 m | 9.2 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | W 273° | 2,909 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SE 136° | 2,899 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Phillips | S 177° | 2,894 m | 6.9 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | NNW 329° | 2,867 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | SSE 158° | 2,862 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:47 | 16:42 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 12 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 774671 — Norris Mountain, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357928988
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- Glacier National Park · 14 mi
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