Spirit Mountain
Spirit Mountain rises to 3,746 m in Montana. Castle Mountain stands 3,842 m to the northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Metcalf Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
Spirit Mountain (12,288 feet; 3,745 m) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, in Custer National Forest.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q28056274, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,746 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 7 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 7 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 9 mi
- Crazy Creek · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Metcalf Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mount Rearguard: 1.3 mi
- Beartooth Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Lonesome Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Willow Park: 14.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 17.5 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 17.8 mi
- Finn Park: 17.8 mi
- Pride Park: 17.9 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 7.6 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 8.1 mi
- Calamity Falls: 8.5 mi
- Impasse Falls: 10.7 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
- Reef Creek: 13.5 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 14.9 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 15.0 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 19.8 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 18.1 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 18.9 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 19.6 mi
- Corner Spring: 19.8 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 7.0 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 7.6 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 18.9 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Spirit Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | NW 316° | 3,842 m | 5.6 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | NNW 332° | 3,821 m | 3.8 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | N 3° | 3,803 m | 5.6 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | NW 307° | 3,791 m | 14.6 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | NW 309° | 3,785 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Peal | NW 308° | 3,778 m | 13.6 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | NNW 329° | 3,763 m | 1.7 mi |
| Bowback Mountain | NNW 332° | 3,746 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:24 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357958147
Take the scenic way to Spirit Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.