Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 3,189 m in Montana. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Aldridge, a ghost town 3.2 miles away.
The story
Sheep Mountain is a 10,552-foot (3,216-metre) mountain summit in Park County, Montana, United States.
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Wikidata Q49072950, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,189 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hanlon Hill: 3.9 mi
- Monitor Peak: 4.4 mi
- Mineral Hill: 5.0 mi
- Cinnabar Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Palette Spring: 9.7 mi
- New Blue Spring: 10.0 mi
- Cupid Spring: 10.0 mi
- Canary Spring: 10.1 mi
- Dryad Springs: 10.1 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 4.5 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 5.8 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 5.8 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 9.8 mi
- Frog Rock: 12.6 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 4.7 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 4.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 5.0 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 12.5 mi
- Point of Rocks: 12.7 mi
- Undine Falls: 12.1 mi
- Rustic Falls: 12.4 mi
- Wraith Falls: 12.8 mi
- Passage Falls: 13.3 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
- Bijah Springs: 24.3 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 24.9 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 24.9 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 24.9 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 25.0 mi
- Arch Park: 5.8 mi
- Willow Park: 17.1 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 22.7 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Aldridge: 3.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | SW 222° | 3,341 m | 10.0 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | N 358° | 3,327 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Wallace | ENE 63° | 3,240 m | 12.8 mi |
| Joseph Peak | SW 220° | 3,176 m | 13.9 mi |
| Monitor Peak | NE 40° | 3,168 m | 4.4 mi |
| Gray Peak | SW 217° | 3,139 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SSW 209° | 3,137 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mineral Mountain | NNE 31° | 3,131 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:29 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:55 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 790356 — Sheep Mountain, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357939041
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 6 mi
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