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Scarlet Mountain

Scarlet Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Scarlet Mountain rises to 2,478 m in Montana. Scapegoat Mountain stands 2,800 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoadley Reef, a cliff 1.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49071732, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2478 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.46605, -113.01394

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • North Fork Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Morrell Falls: 23.9 mi
Parks: 2
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 12.7 mi
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 24.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 13.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Scarlet Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scapegoat MountainSE 141°2,800 m13.8 mi
Flint MountainSSE 152°2,749 m9.9 mi
Twin PeaksNW 308°2,664 m2.7 mi
Junction MountainNW 304°2,649 m6.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSE 143°2,634 m5.3 mi
Red ButteNNW 333°2,614 m9.7 mi
Foolhen MountainSSW 208°2,600 m12.5 mi
Observation PointSSE 156°2,593 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0419:45
June solstice05:3620:4521:34
September equinox07:2018:5119:32
December solstice08:1815:5116:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242431384653626052413124
Precip in0.70.90.81.62.93.11.11.31.31.10.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibson DAM, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357956985

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