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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. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Montana, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49072259, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,116 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.38494, -113.05255

70 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
Waterfalls: 4
  • North Fork Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Morrell Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Holland Falls: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
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 25 miles of Sentinel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scapegoat MountainESE2,800 m11.7 mi
Flint MountainESE2,749 m7.2 mi
Evans PeakSE2,696 m11.4 mi
Goat MountainWSW2,687 m14.0 mi
Twin PeaksN2,664 m7.2 mi
Junction MountainNNW2,649 m9.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE2,634 m5.2 mi
Puma PeakWSW2,602 m12.7 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 50–80 °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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