Olson Mountain
Olson Mountain rises to 2,407 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east-southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Campbell Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Olson Mountain, also known as Mount Olson, is a 7,913-foot-elevation (2,412 m) mountain summit located in the Livingston Range, of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Olson Mountain rises more than 3,700 feet (1,100 m) above the western shore of Waterton Lake. The mountain was named for a surveyor on the International Boundary Survey, with the name officially adopted in 1929. The nearest higher peak is Campbell Mountain, 1.13 miles (1.82 km) to the north, and Citadel Peaks is two miles (3.2 km) to the south. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Olson Creek before it empties to Waterton Lake.
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Wikidata Q49058639, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,407 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Campbell Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Shaheeya Peak: 1.6 mi
- Chapman Peak: 3.9 mi
- Goat Haunt Mountain: 4.1 mi
- The Sentinel: 4.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 4.5 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 5.9 mi
- Atsina Falls: 7.0 mi
- Mokowanis Cascade: 7.1 mi
- The Hawksbill: 3.7 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 8.7 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 16.5 mi
- Glacier Wall: 17.5 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 14.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 17.0 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Olson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | ESE 119° | 3,190 m | 4.6 mi |
| Kintla Peak | W 265° | 3,079 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Merritt | SE 131° | 3,054 m | 9.1 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | W 270° | 3,032 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Carter | SW 235° | 3,000 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | SW 233° | 2,988 m | 9.0 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | WNW 283° | 2,959 m | 12.6 mi |
| Vulture Peak | SSW 205° | 2,937 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:07 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:54 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:28 | 16:46 | 17:42 |
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, 27 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/357929120
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- Glacier National Park · 20 mi
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