Selway Mountain
Selway Mountain rises to 2,712 m in Montana. Homer Youngs Peak stands 3,234 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49072216, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2712 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Westward Overlook - Lemhi Pass CDT Access · 11 mi
- Westward View · 12 mi
56 named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Goldstone Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Bloody Dick Peak: 6.5 mi
- Painter Peak: 7.5 mi
- Browns Peak: 9.2 mi
- Lemhi County Fairgrounds: 22.4 mi
- School & Masonic Lodge: 22.4 mi
- Hardware Store Museum: 22.4 mi
- Hotel Meade: 22.4 mi
- Skinner's Saloon: 22.4 mi
- Fort Lemhi Monument: 14.4 mi
- Sacajawea Monument: 14.6 mi
- City Park: 20.2 mi
- Kid's Creek Park: 21.2 mi
- Town Square Park: 21.6 mi
- Flag Unfurling Monument: 10.2 mi
- The Most Distant Fountain: 12.1 mi
- Mill Point: 19.7 mi
- Sacajawea Interpretive Center: 20.0 mi
- Bannack: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Selway Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Youngs Peak | NW 317° | 3,234 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sacajawea Peaks | WNW 304° | 3,154 m | 13.1 mi |
| Monument Peak | NW 305° | 3,134 m | 14.1 mi |
| Hirschy Mountain | NW 322° | 3,134 m | 19.9 mi |
| Freeman Peak | NW 307° | 3,132 m | 14.9 mi |
| Center Mountain | WNW 302° | 3,113 m | 11.0 mi |
| Center Mountain | WNW 302° | 3,111 m | 10.9 mi |
| Copperhead Peak | NW 310° | 3,065 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:08 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:40 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:06 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 27 | 35 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 38 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 790216 — Selway Mountain, Beaverhead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357938958
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