Shale Peak
Shale Peak rises to 2,467 m in Montana. Slategoat Mountain stands 2,707 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fault Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072540, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,467 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fault Peak: 1.3 mi
- Brown Sandstone Peak: 1.9 mi
- Tillson Peak: 2.3 mi
- Junction Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Packrat Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Chinese Wall: 7.5 mi
- Hoadley Reef: 8.7 mi
- Big Slide: 14.3 mi
- Wall Creek Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Limestone Wall: 24.8 mi
- Holland Falls: 19.5 mi
- Morrell Falls: 21.2 mi
- Dean Falls: 23.4 mi
- Sun River Game Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Shale Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slategoat Mountain | NE 41° | 2,707 m | 12.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ESE 121° | 2,664 m | 6.6 mi |
| Junction Mountain | ESE 122° | 2,649 m | 3.1 mi |
| Red Butte | NE 43° | 2,614 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cliff Mountain | NNE 16° | 2,611 m | 8.5 mi |
| Una Mountain | SW 232° | 2,604 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sphinx Peak | NNE 14° | 2,591 m | 6.9 mi |
| Gust Mountain | S 187° | 2,589 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:05 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:46 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 15:52 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 24 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 60 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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 790274 — Shale Peak, Powell County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357939004
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