Summit Mountain
Summit Mountain rises to 2,673 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Dog Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Summit Mountain (8,775 feet (2,675 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Summit Mountain towers to the north of Marias Pass and is situated along the Continental Divide.
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Wikidata Q7637843, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2673 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Dog Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Skeleton Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Barrier Buttes: 2.8 mi
- Calf Robe Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Red Crow Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 7.0 mi
- Aster falls: 8.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 8.9 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 8.9 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 10.0 mi
- All Chief's Park: 21.7 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 22.1 mi
- Wapiti Park: 22.1 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 2.6 mi
- McCarthyville: 6.6 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 21.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Summit Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NNW 348° | 2,899 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | NNW 329° | 2,862 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | WNW 288° | 2,857 m | 8.7 mi |
| 2825 | N 354° | 2,825 m | 10.0 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | NNW 342° | 2,755 m | 4.7 mi |
| Battlement Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,692 m | 8.0 mi |
| Church Butte | WNW 286° | 2,687 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Henry | N 10° | 2,682 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:50 | 21:39 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 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 | 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 791670 — Summit Mountain, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357939649
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 30 mi
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