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The Big Slide

The Big Slide, seen from above at true elevation

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. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 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
1555 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.27217, -109.09209

Overlooks nearby

71 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
Parks: 19
  • Roberts Community Park: 7.0 mi
  • Bridger Elementary School Park: 8.5 mi
  • Jim Bridger Mountain Man Historical Marker: 8.8 mi
  • Jim Bridger Park: 8.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
Springs: 10
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Calamity Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Sentinel Falls: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Run PeakWSW 245°3,803 m24.4 mi
Grass MountainWSW 252°3,366 m23.5 mi
Butcher MountainW 259°3,098 m22.7 mi
Bare MountainWSW 255°3,017 m19.6 mi
Tolman MountainSW 223°3,002 m19.8 mi
Crow MountainW 260°2,955 m24.7 mi
Wapiti MountainSW 228°2,868 m16.9 mi
Nichols PeakWSW 246°2,859 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:29
June solstice05:2920:2321:09
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5315:4816:37

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736445462706858463425
Precip in0.30.30.51.62.21.80.80.61.11.20.60.4

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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