Shooting Star Mountain
Shooting Star Mountain rises to 2,942 m in Montana. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sawtooth Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,942 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sawtooth Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Meldrum Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Mans Foot Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 10.8 mi
- Arch Park: 12.5 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 17.1 mi
- Willow Park: 17.9 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 14.0 mi
- Palette Spring: 14.2 mi
- Cupid Spring: 14.3 mi
- New Blue Spring: 14.3 mi
- Dryad Springs: 14.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 7.8 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 8.5 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 9.2 mi
- Point of Rocks: 12.8 mi
- Red Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 8.4 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 12.5 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 12.7 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 14.3 mi
- Osprey Falls: 16.9 mi
- Rustic Falls: 15.0 mi
- Undine Falls: 18.0 mi
- Wraith Falls: 19.0 mi
- Aldridge: 9.9 mi
- Bijah Springs: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Shooting Star Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | SE 130° | 3,341 m | 7.6 mi |
| Joseph Peak | SSE 156° | 3,176 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gray Peak | SSE 158° | 3,139 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SSE 162° | 3,137 m | 13.4 mi |
| Ramshorn Peak | NW 310° | 3,113 m | 8.6 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NW 315° | 3,066 m | 8.7 mi |
| Monument Mountain | WSW 237° | 3,065 m | 12.5 mi |
| Snowslide Mountain | SW 233° | 3,054 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:58 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:30 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
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, 13 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357941299
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 12 mi
- West Yellowstone · 29 mi
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