Spot Mountain
Spot Mountain rises to 2,386 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Basin Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Spot Mountain is a 7,831-foot-elevation (2,387-meter) mountain summit located in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park, in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is situated in the Lewis Range, nine miles northwest of East Glacier Park Village, and approximately five miles east of the Continental Divide. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of Cut Bank Creek and Two Medicine River, which merge to form the Marias River. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises nearly 3,000 feet (910 meters) above Lower Two Medicine Lake in two miles. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1929 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q49076598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,386 m
How to reach it
97 named places within 25 miles
- Basin Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Looking Glass Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mad Wolf Mountain: 2.4 mi
- 6288ft: 2.5 mi
- 7885 ft: 2.8 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 2.5 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 3.5 mi
- Aster falls: 4.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.1 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 5.2 mi
- Beaver Slide: 16.2 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 19.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 22.0 mi
- Grinnell Point: 23.0 mi
- Glacier Wall: 24.1 mi
- All Chief's Park: 15.7 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 15.8 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 17.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 13.1 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 15.3 mi
- McCarthyville: 18.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SW 227° | 2,899 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Phillips | WSW 244° | 2,894 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | SW 215° | 2,862 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount James | WNW 299° | 2,857 m | 7.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | W 272° | 2,856 m | 3.2 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | WSW 244° | 2,809 m | 5.6 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | SSW 195° | 2,755 m | 8.2 mi |
| Norris Mountain | WNW 290° | 2,716 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:46 | 16:41 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 776941 — Spot Mountain, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357930776
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 22 mi
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