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Pinnacle Peak

Pinnacle Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Pinnacle Peak rises to 2,354 m in Montana. Scapegoat Mountain stands 2,800 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Apex Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Montana, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49062149, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,354 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.31383, -113.10006

77 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 6
  • Cottonwood Park: 16.3 mi
  • Salmon Lake State Park: 20.8 mi
  • Copenhaver Park: 20.8 mi
  • Seeley Lake Game Preserve: 21.6 mi
  • Placid Lake State Park: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • North Fork Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Morrell Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Holland Falls: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 2
  • The Brand Bar Museum: 20.4 mi
  • Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center: 20.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pinnacle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scapegoat MountainE2,800 m12.7 mi
Flint MountainENE2,749 m8.9 mi
Evans PeakESE2,696 m10.9 mi
Goat MountainW2,687 m11.5 mi
Twin PeaksN2,664 m12.3 mi
Count PeakW2,639 m13.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNE2,634 m9.6 mi
Cardinal PeakWNW2,610 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0519:45
June solstice05:3720:4521:33
September equinox07:2018:5219:32
December solstice08:1715:5316:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533404956646355423122
Precip in2.61.91.41.41.92.31.11.01.22.02.52.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seeley Lake RS, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357937935

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