Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 1,879 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Carbon County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,879 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 26.4 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 15 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 15 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 24 mi
- Crazy Creek · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bare Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Nichols Peak: 5.8 mi
- Butcher Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 6.5 mi
- Lions Park: 10.2 mi
- Field School Park: 10.2 mi
- Coal Miners Park: 10.3 mi
- Pride Park: 10.3 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 10.4 mi
- Chappel Spring: 19.1 mi
- Cherry Spring: 19.4 mi
- Corner Spring: 20.5 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 21.2 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 24.2 mi
- Calamity Falls: 7.6 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 8.1 mi
- Impasse Falls: 17.6 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 22.9 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 23.4 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 6.5 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 23.3 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 10.2 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 14.6 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | WSW 251° | 3,904 m | 19.1 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | WSW 252° | 3,882 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Wood | W 274° | 3,846 m | 18.4 mi |
| Castle Mountain | SW 221° | 3,842 m | 14.3 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | SSW 213° | 3,821 m | 13.6 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | SSW 210° | 3,803 m | 10.6 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | WSW 251° | 3,791 m | 18.3 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | SW 225° | 3,785 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:51 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:24 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:49 | 16:39 |
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 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Lodge, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357939072
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