Sugar Loaf Mountain
Sugar Loaf Mountain rises to 2,169 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,218 m to the west, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallace Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Madison County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49079109, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,169 m
How to reach it
87 named places within 25 miles
- Wallace Peak: 0.8 mi
- Maltbys Mound: 3.2 mi
- Potosi Peak: 7.0 mi
- Kid Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Ward Peak: 7.6 mi
- Ennis Lions Club Community Park: 16.9 mi
- Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park: 17.0 mi
- Stateler Monument: 19.0 mi
- Sheridan City Park: 19.7 mi
- Virginia City Park: 20.4 mi
- Madison Valley History Museum: 18.3 mi
- Nevada City Museum Entrance & Music Hall: 19.9 mi
- Alder Gulch Short Line Steam Railroad Museum: 19.9 mi
- River of Gold: 19.9 mi
- Thompson-Hickman Museum: 20.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Robbers Roost Historical Marker: 19.8 mi
- 2 Story Outhouse: 19.8 mi
- Place of Discovery: 20.8 mi
- Pony: 6.1 mi
- Nevada City: 19.8 mi
- Norris Hot Springs: 7.4 mi
- Round Spring: 19.4 mi
- National Museum of Machinery: 22.9 mi
- Madison Buffalo Jump State Monument: 23.2 mi
- Boulder Creek: 13.9 mi
- Renova Hotspring: 20.2 mi
- Lost Tomahawk: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugar Loaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | W 264° | 3,218 m | 10.0 mi |
| Hollowtop Mountain | WNW 285° | 3,216 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lakeshore Mountain | W 275° | 3,179 m | 13.2 mi |
| A P A Mountain | W 274° | 3,167 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Jackson | W 274° | 3,165 m | 12.9 mi |
| Lonesome Peak | WSW 257° | 3,148 m | 8.9 mi |
| Thompson Peak | WSW 249° | 3,147 m | 9.5 mi |
| Noble Peak | W 264° | 3,147 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:01 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:35 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 15:57 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 71 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris Madison PWR House, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 791625 — Sugar Loaf Mountain, Madison County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357939583
Day trips start here
- Three Forks · 26 mi
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