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Tempest Mountain

Tempest Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tempest Mountain rises to 3,791 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west-southwest, 0.8 miles off. Beartooth Highway passes 11 miles off.

The story

Tempest Mountain (12,474 feet (3,802 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains, the eighth tallest in Montana and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness of Custer National Forest. Tempest Mountain is less than 1 mi (1.6 km) ENE of Granite Peak, the tallest mountain in Montana.

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Wikidata Q28056266, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3791 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.16689, -109.79184

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 6
  • Impasse Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Sentinel Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Calamity Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Woodbine Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Crazy Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Warm Creek Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Soda Butte Creek: 21.4 mi
  • Reef Creek: 24.9 mi
Parks: 2
  • Cooke City Historical Marker: 13.1 mi
  • Willow Park: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 1
  • Cooke City Montana Museum: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Gallery Dan Hartman: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Attractions: 1
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Tempest Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite PeakWSW 253°3,903.5 m0.8 mi
Granite Peak (Northwest Peak)W 271°3,882 m1.1 mi
Mount WoodN 352°3,846 m7.5 mi
Castle MountainESE 121°3,842 m9.2 mi
Whitetail PeakESE 118°3,821 m11.3 mi
Castle Rock MountainSE 125°3,785 m8.2 mi
Mount PealESE 114°3,778 m1.0 mi
Glacier PeakWSW 247°3,762 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5319:32
June solstice05:3320:2521:11
September equinox07:0718:4019:18
December solstice07:5615:5116:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272632374654626254423225
Precip in1.11.52.02.74.13.02.31.92.02.51.91.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357939904

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