Shepard Mountain
Shepard Mountain rises to 3,339 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hole-in-the-Wall, a peak 1.6 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073199, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,339 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 16 mi
- Rock Creek Vista · 17 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 17 mi
- Crazy Creek · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Hole-in-the-Wall: 1.6 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Prairieview Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Froze-to-Death Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Mount Peal: 4.2 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 21.6 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 21.6 mi
- Upper Cottonwood Spring: 21.9 mi
- Blind Sheep Spring: 22.2 mi
- North Robinson Spring: 22.4 mi
- Willow Park: 15.9 mi
- Field School Park: 21.4 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 21.5 mi
- Rotary Park: 21.5 mi
- Lions Park: 21.5 mi
- Impasse Falls: 4.9 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 8.0 mi
- Calamity Falls: 8.3 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 15.4 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 16.7 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 17.3 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 19.0 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 24.8 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 16.3 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 21.6 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Reef Creek: 23.9 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 16.4 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 16.6 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 16.7 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 18.5 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Shepard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | W 260° | 3,904 m | 5.8 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | W 263° | 3,882 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Wood | NW 318° | 3,846 m | 9.0 mi |
| Castle Mountain | SSE 152° | 3,842 m | 6.2 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | SE 141° | 3,821 m | 7.9 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | ESE 119° | 3,803 m | 8.1 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | W 261° | 3,791 m | 5.1 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | SSE 163° | 3,785 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357939097
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