Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 2,856 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the south, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is 7780 ft, a peak 0.6 miles away. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Red Mountain (9,382 feet (2,860 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Red Mountain is 2.75 miles (4.43 km) north of Rising Wolf Mountain.
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Wikidata Q7304629, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,856 m
How to reach it
99 named places within 25 miles
- 7780 ft: 0.6 mi
- Eagle Plume Mountain (8724 ft): 1.2 mi
- 7885 ft: 1.4 mi
- Bad Marriage Mountain: 2.2 mi
- McClintock Peak: 2.3 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 2.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.1 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 4.2 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 4.9 mi
- Aster falls: 5.0 mi
- Beaver Slide: 16.2 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 16.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 21.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 21.4 mi
- Glacier Wall: 21.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 16.9 mi
- All Chief's Park: 18.8 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 18.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 19.2 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 22.7 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 11.3 mi
- McCarthyville: 18.4 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | S 172° | 2,899 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Phillips | SW 229° | 2,894 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | S 191° | 2,862 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount James | NW 317° | 2,857 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | WSW 251° | 2,836 m | 8.3 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | SW 217° | 2,809 m | 3.2 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | S 173° | 2,755 m | 8.1 mi |
| Norris Mountain | WNW 300° | 2,716 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:51 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:47 | 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 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357929817
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 19 mi
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