Sunset Peak
Sunset Peak rises to 3,121 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolverine Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Sunset Peak is a 10,201-foot (3,109-metre) summit in Park County, Montana, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49080240, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,121.0 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 11 mi
- Crazy Creek · 13 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 19 mi
- Rock Creek Vista · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolverine Peak: 0.7 mi
- Mineral Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Miller Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Meridian Peak: 1.3 mi
- Crown Butte: 1.9 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Impasse Falls: 13.6 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 20.8 mi
- Tower Fall: 21.6 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 22.0 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 13.8 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 19.6 mi
- Devil's Den: 21.7 mi
- Petrified Tree: 23.2 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 8.7 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Wahb spring: 16.4 mi
- Calcite Springs: 21.6 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 2.7 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 3.6 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 4.0 mi
- Willow Park: 10.2 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 16.1 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Sunset Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NE 49° | 3,904 m | 12.4 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NE 47° | 3,882 m | 12.4 mi |
| Glacier Peak | NE 46° | 3,762 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Villard | NE 49° | 3,735 m | 10.9 mi |
| Cairn Mountain | NE 54° | 3,725 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mystic Mountain | NE 43° | 3,686 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Wilse | NE 47° | 3,593 m | 8.8 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NNE 30° | 3,582 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooke City 2 W, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357957123
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