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Sawtooth Mountain

Sawtooth Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sawtooth Mountain rises to 1,578 m in Montana. Baldy Mountain stands 2,103 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1578 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.06749, -109.40129

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 37
Parks: 5
  • Rocky Boy Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
  • Beaver Creek Park: 20.4 mi
  • Bear Paw Battlefield - Nez Perce National Historical Park: 23.2 mi
  • Fort Chardon Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
  • Judith Landing Recreation Area: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Sawtooth Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldy MountainWNW 296°2,103 m12.8 mi
Wellen PeakWNW 292°1,930 m14.7 mi
Little Joe ButteWNW 293°1,918 m15.7 mi
Black MountainWNW 295°1,904 m15.2 mi
Elk PeakWNW 294°1,880 m14.9 mi
Bowery PeakWNW 301°1,860 m15.2 mi
Bailey PeakWNW 299°1,837 m17.0 mi
Big John ButteNW 324°1,804 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:4919:30
June solstice05:1820:3321:22
September equinox07:0518:3619:17
December solstice08:0615:3316:27

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232432425059666555443325
Precip in0.30.40.61.12.13.01.71.11.01.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chinook 35se, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357930395

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