Piegan Mountain
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Piegan Mountain rises to 2,755 m in Montana. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the south, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Piegan Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away.
The story
Piegan Mountain (9,225 feet (2,812 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Piegan Glacier is located in a cirque immediately southeast of the summit.
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Wikidata Q7191583, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,755 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pollock Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Cataract Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Bishops Cap: 1.3 mi
- Mount Oberlin: 2.2 mi
- Mount Siyeh: 2.2 mi
- Piegan Falls: 0.5 mi
- Oberlin Falls: 1.7 mi
- Morning Eagle Falls: 1.8 mi
- Bird Woman Falls: 2.7 mi
- Feather Plume Falls: 2.9 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 4.4 mi
- Glacier Wall: 5.1 mi
- Grinnell Point: 5.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 14.0 mi
- Beaver Slide: 14.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.1 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 5.6 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 21.2 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 22.3 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 7.4 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Piegan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | S 191° | 3,064 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NE 55° | 3,052 m | 2.2 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | ENE 57° | 2,992 m | 2.8 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,939 m | 2.8 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NNW 336° | 2,913 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Gould | NNW 333° | 2,911 m | 2.5 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | S 174° | 2,909 m | 8.9 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | SE 137° | 2,867 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:26 | 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 | 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, 12 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357929324
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 5 mi
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