Split Mountain
Split Mountain rises to 2,673 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the south-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Norris Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Split Mountain (8,797 feet (2,681 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.
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Wikidata Q7578650, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2673 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Norris Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Triple Divide Peak: 2.0 mi
- Medicine Owl Peak: 2.1 mi
- Mount James: 2.3 mi
- Amphitheater Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 4.4 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 5.5 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 5.9 mi
- Baring Falls: 6.0 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 10.1 mi
- Beaver Slide: 13.8 mi
- Glacier Wall: 14.6 mi
- Grinnell Point: 14.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 17.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 13.9 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 22.8 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 24.0 mi
- All Chief's Park: 24.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 12.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 14.0 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 5.8 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 21.2 mi
- McCarthyville: 23.1 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 23.8 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Split Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SSW 209° | 3,091 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Jackson | W 271° | 3,064 m | 8.4 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NW 325° | 2,939 m | 7.8 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | W 259° | 2,909 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SE 141° | 2,899 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Phillips | S 176° | 2,894 m | 8.3 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | NW 322° | 2,867 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount James | ESE 114° | 2,857 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:51 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357930764
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- Glacier National Park · 13 mi
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