The Guardhouse
The Guardhouse rises to 2,844 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sentinel, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
The Guardhouse (9,341 feet (2,847 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The Guardhouse is situated on the Continental Divide.
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Wikidata Q7738427, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,844 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Sentinel: 0.6 mi
- Thunderbird Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mount Carter: 3.2 mi
- Chapman Peak: 3.3 mi
- Shaheeya Peak: 3.4 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 1.9 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 3.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 5.9 mi
- Atsina Falls: 8.1 mi
- Paiota Falls: 8.2 mi
- The Hawksbill: 1.9 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 12.2 mi
- Glacier Wall: 16.7 mi
- Grinnell Point: 17.6 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 15.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 16.9 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of The Guardhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | E 85° | 3,190 m | 7.7 mi |
| Kintla Peak | WNW 286° | 3,079 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Merritt | ESE 107° | 3,054 m | 10.9 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | WNW 292° | 3,032 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Carter | WSW 239° | 3,000 m | 3.2 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | SW 235° | 2,988 m | 4.4 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | WNW 303° | 2,959 m | 10.3 mi |
| Vulture Peak | S 183° | 2,937 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:07 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:54 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:28 | 16:47 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 29 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 777511 — The Guardhouse, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357931153
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- Glacier National Park · 19 mi
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