Sundance Mountain
Sundance Mountain rises to 3,728 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Sundance Mountain (12,267 feet (3,739 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wildernessin Custer National Forest.
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Wikidata Q26869373, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,728 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 13.4 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 11 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 11 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 12 mi
- Crazy Creek · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Medicine Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bowback Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Whitetail Peak: 1.6 mi
- Mount Lockhart: 1.8 mi
- Willow Park: 14.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 18.3 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 18.4 mi
- Field School Park: 18.4 mi
- Pride Park: 18.5 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 5.2 mi
- Calamity Falls: 5.8 mi
- Impasse Falls: 6.5 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 11.7 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 14.7 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 19.4 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 24.8 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 17.1 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 18.6 mi
- Reef Creek: 18.2 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Corner Spring: 23.1 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 23.1 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 10.8 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 11.2 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 17.3 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Sundance Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | WNW 292° | 3,904 m | 10.4 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | WNW 293° | 3,882 m | 10.9 mi |
| Castle Mountain | WSW 243° | 3,842 m | 1.2 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | SE 139° | 3,821 m | 1.6 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | ENE 72° | 3,803 m | 3.3 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | WNW 295° | 3,791 m | 9.8 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | WSW 256° | 3,785 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Peal | WNW 295° | 3,778 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357939662
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