Snowbank Mountain
Snowbank Mountain rises to 3,661 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Snowbank Mountain (12,089 feet (3,685 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Custer National Forest. The tiny Snowbank Glacier lies immediately southeast of the peak.
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Wikidata Q28056299, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3661 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 11 mi
- Crazy Creek · 11 mi
- Falls · 12 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Summit Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Castle Rock Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Dewey: 2.9 mi
- Castle Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mount Rosebud: 3.6 mi
- Willow Park: 10.9 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
- Rotary Park: 22.5 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 22.5 mi
- Field School Park: 22.6 mi
- Impasse Falls: 2.7 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 9.1 mi
- Calamity Falls: 9.6 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 12.0 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Reef Creek: 18.7 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 22.1 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 18.8 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 24.1 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 13.0 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 22.7 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 11.1 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 13.2 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 14.5 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 15.3 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 22.6 mi
- Washoe: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Snowbank Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NW 310° | 3,903.5 m | 7.1 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NW 310° | 3,882 m | 7.6 mi |
| Castle Mountain | E 89° | 3,842 m | 3.1 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | E 97° | 3,821 m | 5.3 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | ENE 77° | 3,803 m | 7.5 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | NW 315° | 3,791 m | 6.7 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | E 89° | 3,785 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Peal | NW 319° | 3,778 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357958982
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