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Patrol Mountain

Patrol Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Patrol Mountain rises to 2,419 m in Montana. Scapegoat Mountain stands 2,800 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 4.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49060161, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2419 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.45022, -112.89227

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Bunyan Point: 4.9 mi
  • Red Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Renshaw Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Burn Top Mountain: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Parks: 3
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 12.1 mi
  • Willow Creek National Wildlife Refuge: 22.1 mi
  • Fairgrounds: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cataract Falls: 16.1 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 17.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 12.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Patrol Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scapegoat MountainSSE 163°2,800 m10.1 mi
Flint MountainS 187°2,749 m7.7 mi
Evans PeakS 176°2,696 m12.4 mi
Twin PeaksWNW 289°2,664 m8.3 mi
Junction MountainWNW 293°2,649 m11.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 218°2,634 m4.0 mi
Red ButteNW 314°2,614 m14.0 mi
Foolhen MountainSW 230°2,600 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0419:44
June solstice05:3520:4521:33
September equinox07:1918:5119:31
December solstice08:1715:5116:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242431384653626052413124
Precip in0.70.90.81.62.93.11.11.31.31.10.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibson DAM, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 801285 — Patrol Mountain, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357956893

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