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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. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Montana, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49060161, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,419 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.45022, -112.89227

69 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
  • 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: 3
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 25 miles of Patrol Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scapegoat MountainSSE2,800 m10.1 mi
Flint MountainS2,749 m7.7 mi
Evans PeakS2,696 m12.4 mi
Twin PeaksWNW2,664 m8.3 mi
Junction MountainWNW2,649 m11.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW2,634 m4.0 mi
Red ButteNW2,614 m14.0 mi
Foolhen MountainSW2,600 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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