Sylvan Peak
Sylvan Peak rises to 3,638 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Sylvan Peak (11,940 feet (3,640 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Custer National Forest.
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Wikidata Q28056303, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,638 m
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 13 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 13 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 16 mi
- Crazy Creek · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elk Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Grass Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Bowback Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mount Inabnit: 2.7 mi
- Crow Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Willow Park: 17.3 mi
- Field School Park: 17.4 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 17.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 17.4 mi
- Pride Park: 17.5 mi
- Corner Spring: 24.0 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 24.0 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 24.2 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 24.2 mi
- Upper Cottonwood Spring: 24.4 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 3.7 mi
- Calamity Falls: 4.1 mi
- Impasse Falls: 7.4 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 15.7 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 17.3 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 13.3 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 21.8 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 17.5 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 19.1 mi
- Reef Creek: 22.2 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 12.7 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 15.2 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 19.4 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 21.3 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Sylvan Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | W 270° | 3,904 m | 9.9 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | W 271° | 3,882 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Wood | NW 307° | 3,846 m | 12.7 mi |
| Castle Mountain | SSW 196° | 3,842 m | 4.7 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | S 171° | 3,821 m | 5.3 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | SE 136° | 3,803 m | 4.2 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | W 271° | 3,791 m | 9.1 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | SSW 208° | 3,785 m | 5.1 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357939778
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