Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 2,442 m in Montana. Rocky Mountain stands 2,858 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sun River Game Preserve, a park 3.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States of America; geonames ID = 5677382.
Wikidata Q49072933, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,442 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Slategoat Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Sun Butte: 3.6 mi
- Elk Hill: 4.1 mi
- Elephant Head: 5.2 mi
- Mule Hill: 5.8 mi
- Sun River Game Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Ear Mountain State Game Refuge: 18.5 mi
- Pishkun National Wildlife Refuge: 21.8 mi
- Willow Creek National Wildlife Refuge: 23.8 mi
- Chinese Wall: 9.2 mi
- Hoadley Reef: 11.7 mi
- Wall Creek Cliffs: 14.8 mi
- Limestone Wall: 22.9 mi
- Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 4.1 mi
- Dean Falls: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain | NNE 29° | 2,858 m | 13.4 mi |
| Old Baldy | NNE 21° | 2,769 m | 15.5 mi |
| Three Sisters | NW 324° | 2,711 m | 11.1 mi |
| Slategoat Mountain | NW 307° | 2,707 m | 3.5 mi |
| Redhead Peak | NW 316° | 2,675 m | 9.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSW 207° | 2,664 m | 11.9 mi |
| Junction Mountain | SW 224° | 2,649 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 181° | 2,634 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:04 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:46 | 21:34 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 15:50 | 16:43 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357957004
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