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Scintilla Mountain

Scintilla Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Scintilla Mountain rises to 2,505 m in Montana. Twin Peaks stands 2,664 m to the east, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Junction Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49071890, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2505 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.48439, -113.12811

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Morrell Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Holland Falls: 21.1 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 22.8 mi
Parks: 2
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 15.3 mi
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 23.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 16.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Scintilla Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin PeaksE 84°2,664 m3.2 mi
Junction MountainN 6°2,649 m2.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainESE 123°2,634 m10.2 mi
Red ButteN 7°2,614 m7.4 mi
Cliff MountainN 360°2,611 m11.9 mi
Cardinal PeakWSW 237°2,610 m13.3 mi
Una MountainWSW 257°2,604 m10.6 mi
Puma PeakSW 222°2,602 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0519:45
June solstice05:3620:4621:34
September equinox07:2018:5219:32
December solstice08:1815:5216:45

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, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357938935

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