The Needles
The Needles rises to 3,292 m in Montana. Mount Douglas stands 3,439 m to the east-southeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Boulder Mountain, East Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082716, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,292 m
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Boulder Mountain, East Peak: 2.3 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Carbonate Mountain: 4.3 mi
- The Pyramid: 5.6 mi
- Hawley Mountain: 5.9 mi
- South Pass Creek Spring: 19.2 mi
- North Pass Creek Spring: 19.3 mi
- Quaker Spring: 19.7 mi
- Whittaker Spring: 22.6 mi
- Blind Sheep Spring: 23.1 mi
- Pine Creek Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
- Miles Park: 23.4 mi
- Ninth Street Park: 23.4 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 23.5 mi
- G Street Park: 23.7 mi
- Obscurity Crag: 20.0 mi
- 7-11 Crag: 20.1 mi
- Boundary Crag: 20.1 mi
- Allenspur Main Cliff: 20.2 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 22.7 mi
- Passage Falls: 12.6 mi
- Natural Bridge Waterfall: 13.6 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 20.4 mi
- Natural Bridge State Park: 13.7 mi
- Fort Parker: 24.4 mi
- Livingston Depot: 24.0 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Museum: 24.2 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of The Needles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Douglas | ESE 116° | 3,439 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tumble Mountain | ESE 102° | 3,435 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Cowen | W 281° | 3,417 m | 8.9 mi |
| Two Sisters | ESE 117° | 3,394 m | 15.3 mi |
| Chalice Peak | ESE 108° | 3,364 m | 11.8 mi |
| Monument Peak | SSE 160° | 3,351 m | 12.3 mi |
| Snowy Peak | ESE 110° | 3,340 m | 9.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 314° | 3,337 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:28 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:52 | 16:42 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston 12 S, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 792044 — The Needles, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357939994
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