Pika Peak
Pika Peak rises to 3,334 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cairn Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061191, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,334 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 14.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 12 mi
- Crazy Creek · 13 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 15 mi
- Rock Creek Vista · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cairn Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Peal: 1.9 mi
- Tempest Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Granite Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Villard: 3.0 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 23.6 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 23.7 mi
- Blind Sheep Spring: 24.0 mi
- Upper Cottonwood Spring: 24.1 mi
- North Robinson Spring: 24.4 mi
- Impasse Falls: 2.0 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 12.2 mi
- Calamity Falls: 12.6 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 16.0 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 20.4 mi
- Reef Creek: 22.6 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 20.7 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 21.9 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 23.2 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 11.2 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 11.6 mi
- Willow Park: 11.7 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 13.3 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 15.0 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 17.9 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Pika Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NW 323° | 3,904 m | 2.6 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NW 321° | 3,882 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Wood | N 349° | 3,846 m | 9.9 mi |
| Castle Mountain | ESE 109° | 3,842 m | 7.5 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | ESE 109° | 3,821 m | 9.7 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | E 94° | 3,803 m | 11.3 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | NNW 341° | 3,791 m | 2.4 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | ESE 112° | 3,785 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 806083 — Pika Peak, Carbon County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357958178
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