Red Eagle Mountain
Red Eagle Mountain rises to 2,671 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mahtotopa Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Red Eagle Mountain (8,881 feet (2,707 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Red Eagle Mountain rises more than 4,000 ft (1,200 m) above Saint Mary Lake and is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road and the entrance to the park from the village of St. Mary, Montana as well as at Rising Sun. The mountain was named according to James Willard Schultz, "by his Indian wife in 1887, for her uncle, Red Eagle, who had saved their son's life with his prayers to the Sun".
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Wikidata Q7304090, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2671 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mahtotopa Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Chief Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Kakitos Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Almost-a-Dog Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Split Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Baring Falls: 2.6 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 3.0 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 3.0 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 3.2 mi
- Deadwood Falls: 4.1 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 8.8 mi
- Grinnell Point: 11.0 mi
- Beaver Slide: 11.1 mi
- Glacier Wall: 12.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 13.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 9.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 11.2 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 13.0 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 2.1 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 24.3 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Red Eagle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SSW 196° | 3,091 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Jackson | WSW 245° | 3,064 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NW 318° | 3,052 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NW 323° | 2,992 m | 6.7 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,939 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Gould | NW 309° | 2,911 m | 9.7 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SW 228° | 2,909 m | 7.4 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | WSW 253° | 2,867 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 15:46 | 16:41 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 8 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/357929789
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 11 mi
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