Pumpelly Pillar
Pumpelly Pillar rises to 2,323 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the northeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Helen, a peak 0.8 miles away. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Pumpelly Pillar (7,625 feet (2,324 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Located in the Two Medicine region in the southeastern section of Glacier National Park, the peak is likely named after Raphael Pumpelly, who lead the Northern Transcontinental Railway Survey party that crossed Pitamakan Pass in 1883.
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Wikidata Q48814833, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,323 m
How to reach it
97 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Helen: 0.8 mi
- Flinsch Peak: 1.8 mi
- Sinopah Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Lone Walker Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Rising Wolf Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.0 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 2.6 mi
- Aster falls: 3.4 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 4.5 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 4.8 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 18.3 mi
- Beaver Slide: 20.5 mi
- Glacier Wall: 23.3 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 23.5 mi
- Grinnell Point: 24.1 mi
- All Chief's Park: 20.8 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 21.0 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 21.2 mi
- McCarthyville: 14.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 14.8 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 20.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 21.6 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pumpelly Pillar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NE 47° | 2,899 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Phillips | W 273° | 2,894 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | S 181° | 2,862 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | SW 219° | 2,857 m | 7.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 16° | 2,856 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | WNW 282° | 2,836 m | 6.8 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | NNW 336° | 2,809 m | 1.8 mi |
| Eaglehead Mountain | W 269° | 2,773 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 11 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/957696125
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- Glacier National Park · 21 mi
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