Paul Bunyans Cabin
Paul Bunyans Cabin rises to 2,570 m in Montana. Mount Merritt stands 3,054 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Longfellow Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Paul Bunyans Cabin (8,490 feet (2,588 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Paul Bunyans Cabin is on a rock spur immediately SSE of Longfellow Peak and from certain angles appears as a Log cabin. Lake Evangeline is northeast of the peak and Ruger Lake is to the east.
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Wikidata Q7149598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2570 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Longfellow Peak: 0.3 mi
- Anaconda Peak: 2.5 mi
- Wolf Gun Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Rogers Peak: 3.8 mi
- Mount Geduhn: 4.1 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 6.3 mi
- McDonald Falls: 7.8 mi
- Haystack Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
- Bird Woman Falls: 8.9 mi
- Salamander Falls: 9.2 mi
- Glacier Wall: 6.4 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 10.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 12.0 mi
- McGee Hill: 12.0 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 7.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 8.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 9.5 mi
- Glacier Highline: 22.7 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 14.8 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 17.8 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 24.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 18.8 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 22.8 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Paul Bunyans Cabin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Merritt | NE 37° | 3,054 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | E 94° | 3,052 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Carter | NNW 329° | 3,000 m | 12.3 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | NW 323° | 2,988 m | 12.0 mi |
| Vulture Peak | NNW 329° | 2,937 m | 7.7 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NE 42° | 2,913 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Gould | E 89° | 2,911 m | 10.1 mi |
| Allen Mountain | E 85° | 2,864 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:07 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:53 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:27 | 15:47 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 17 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 775115 — Paul Bunyans Cabin, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357929235
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 8 mi
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