Square Peak
Square Peak rises to 2,623 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Square Peak (8,781 feet (2,676 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Square Peak is .63 miles (1.01 km) SSW of Rainbow Peak.
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Wikidata Q7582038, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2623 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Peak: 0.9 mi
- Mount Carter: 2.1 mi
- Numa Peak: 3.6 mi
- Bighorn Peak: 4.1 mi
- Vulture Peak: 4.2 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 6.1 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 6.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.0 mi
- Atsina Falls: 11.5 mi
- Paiota Falls: 11.6 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 3.8 mi
- The Hawksbill: 6.6 mi
- The Coal Banks: 13.5 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 16.8 mi
- Glacier Wall: 17.1 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.5 mi
- Weeping Wall: 18.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 19.7 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 20.6 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Square Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | ENE 71° | 3,190 m | 12.3 mi |
| Kintla Peak | NNW 330° | 3,079 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Merritt | E 89° | 3,054 m | 14.5 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | NNW 336° | 3,032 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Carter | NE 35° | 3,000 m | 2.1 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | NNE 22° | 2,988 m | 0.9 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | NNW 333° | 2,959 m | 10.2 mi |
| Vulture Peak | ESE 119° | 2,937 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:08 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:54 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:28 | 16:47 | 17:43 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 26 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 777115 — Square Peak, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357930843
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 19 mi
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