The Big Slide
The Big Slide rises to 1,555 m in Montana. Silver Run Peak stands 3,803 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gramps Bluff, a cliff 4.3 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 9.6 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,555 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 22 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 22 mi
67 named places within 25 miles
- Church Hill: 8.6 mi
- Schwend Hill: 8.8 mi
- Deer Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Blanchard Butte: 10.6 mi
- Stormitt Butte: 10.6 mi
- Roberts Community Park: 7.0 mi
- Bridger Elementary School Park: 8.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
- Jim Bridger Park: 8.8 mi
- Coal Miners Park: 8.9 mi
- Cherry Spring: 6.5 mi
- Chappel Spring: 8.3 mi
- Bachelder Spring: 14.7 mi
- Big Bluewater Spring: 14.9 mi
- Bluewater Spring: 15.6 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 12.9 mi
- Countrymans Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 9.4 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 12.3 mi
- Calamity Falls: 22.2 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 22.7 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Big Slide. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Run Peak | WSW 245° | 3,803 m | 24.4 mi |
| Grass Mountain | WSW 252° | 3,366 m | 23.5 mi |
| Butcher Mountain | W 259° | 3,098 m | 22.7 mi |
| Bare Mountain | WSW 255° | 3,017 m | 19.6 mi |
| Tolman Mountain | SW 223° | 3,002 m | 19.8 mi |
| Crow Mountain | W 260° | 2,955 m | 24.7 mi |
| Wapiti Mountain | SW 228° | 2,868 m | 16.9 mi |
| Nichols Peak | WSW 246° | 2,859 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:23 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:48 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridger 2 N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 777495 — The Big Slide, Carbon County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357931135
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