Painted Tepee Peak
Painted Tepee Peak rises to 2,314 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockwell Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Painted Tepee Peak, or simply Painted Tepee (also Tipi or Teepee) is a mountain located in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana near the Two Medicine Pass. The altitude of the highest point is 7,650 feet (2,332 m). The summit lies to the south of Two Medicine Lake, and is within view of Grizzly Mountain, Chief Lodgepole Peak, and Mount Rockwell. The mountain lies along the Two Mountain Pass Trail.
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Wikidata Q38251402, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,314 m
How to reach it
87 named places within 25 miles
- Chief Lodgepole Peak: 1.0 mi
- Never Laughs Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Sinopah Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Grizzly Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mount Rockwell: 1.8 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 0.8 mi
- Twin Falls: 2.5 mi
- Aster falls: 2.6 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 3.9 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 4.7 mi
- All Chief's Park: 20.0 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 20.2 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 23.4 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 21.1 mi
- Beaver Slide: 22.6 mi
- McCarthyville: 12.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 17.5 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 19.5 mi
- Weeping Wall: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Painted Tepee Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | N 357° | 2,899 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Phillips | WNW 295° | 2,894 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | W 272° | 2,862 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | WSW 241° | 2,857 m | 7.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | N 355° | 2,856 m | 6.5 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | NNW 327° | 2,809 m | 4.6 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | SSE 164° | 2,755 m | 1.7 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | WSW 249° | 2,692 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 9 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 775065 — Painted Tepee Peak, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357929194
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