Sinopah Mountain
Sinopah Mountain rises to 2,521 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockwell Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Sinopah Mountain (8,276 feet (2,523 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Sinopah Mountain rises prominently to the west of Two Medicine Lake. Sinopah means, ""kit fox" in Blackfeet, (who) was the Indian wife of Hugh Monroe (Rising Wolf) and daughter of Lone Walker, a powerful Blackfeet chief."
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Wikidata Q8532736, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,521 m
How to reach it
90 named places within 25 miles
- Painted Tepee Peak: 1.5 mi
- Never Laughs Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Pumpelly Pillar: 1.9 mi
- Mount Rockwell: 2.3 mi
- Rising Wolf Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 0.8 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.2 mi
- Aster falls: 1.8 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 3.0 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 3.7 mi
- All Chief's Park: 19.4 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 19.7 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 21.9 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 20.1 mi
- Beaver Slide: 21.1 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 22.1 mi
- McCarthyville: 13.4 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 16.1 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 19.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sinopah Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | N 356° | 2,899 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Phillips | W 281° | 2,894 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | SW 232° | 2,862 m | 2.3 mi |
| Red Mountain | N 354° | 2,856 m | 5.0 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | NW 314° | 2,809 m | 3.5 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | S 171° | 2,755 m | 3.1 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | SW 235° | 2,692 m | 5.9 mi |
| Church Butte | SW 220° | 2,687 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:47 | 16:42 |
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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 9 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357930610
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- Glacier National Park · 23 mi
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