Rainbow Peak
Rainbow Peak rises to 2,988 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Square Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Rainbow Peak (9,895 feet (3,016 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The namesake Rainbow Glacier is immediately east and northeast of Rainbow Peak. Rainbow Peak is the ninth-tallest mountain in Glacier National Park and rises over 1 mile (1.6 km) above Bowman Lake. From the parking lot at the Bowman Lake Campground, the elevation gain is 5,865 ft (1,788 m). In July 1998 the peak was the site of the death of two climbers who were climbing a snow-covered chimney when a cornice collapsed, causing the two climbers to fall to their deaths.
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Wikidata Q7284682, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2988 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Square Peak: 0.9 mi
- Mount Carter: 1.3 mi
- Numa Peak: 3.4 mi
- Bighorn Peak: 4.0 mi
- Mount Peabody: 4.0 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 5.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 10.2 mi
- Atsina Falls: 11.2 mi
- Paiota Falls: 11.3 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 3.9 mi
- The Hawksbill: 5.7 mi
- The Coal Banks: 14.4 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 16.3 mi
- Glacier Wall: 17.4 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 18.2 mi
- Weeping Wall: 19.8 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 21.4 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Rainbow Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | ENE 74° | 3,190 m | 11.7 mi |
| Kintla Peak | NW 323° | 3,079 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Merritt | E 92° | 3,054 m | 14.1 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | NNW 330° | 3,032 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Carter | NE 44° | 3,000 m | 1.3 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | NNW 328° | 2,959 m | 9.6 mi |
| Vulture Peak | SE 131° | 2,937 m | 4.4 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | E 98° | 2,913 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:08 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:54 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:28 | 16:47 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
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, 27 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 775538 — Rainbow Peak, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357929598
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- Glacier National Park · 20 mi
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