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Sentinel Mountain

Sentinel Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sentinel Mountain rises to 2,116 m in Montana. Scapegoat Mountain stands 2,800 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ursus Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49072259, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2116 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.38494, -113.05255

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • North Fork Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Morrell Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Holland Falls: 24.9 mi
Parks: 2
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 18.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Park: 21.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 19.4 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scapegoat MountainESE 116°2,800 m11.7 mi
Flint MountainESE 116°2,749 m7.2 mi
Evans PeakSE 133°2,696 m11.4 mi
Twin PeaksN 358°2,664 m7.2 mi
Junction MountainNNW 340°2,649 m9.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 75°2,634 m5.2 mi
Puma PeakWSW 256°2,602 m12.7 mi
Foolhen MountainSW 218°2,600 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0519:45
June solstice05:3620:4521:33
September equinox07:2018:5119:32
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, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 801427 — Sentinel Mountain, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357956990

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