Thunderbird Mountain
Thunderbird Mountain rises to 2,679 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Thunderbird Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away.
The story
Thunderbird Mountain (8,805 feet (2,684 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Thunderbird Mountain is situated on the Continental Divide. Thunderbird Glacier is located immediately northeast of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q7799096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2679 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Sentinel: 1.5 mi
- The Guardhouse: 1.8 mi
- Chapman Peak: 2.3 mi
- Boulder Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Carter: 3.2 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 0.8 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 2.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 6.8 mi
- Atsina Falls: 9.8 mi
- Paiota Falls: 9.9 mi
- The Hawksbill: 1.5 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 13.5 mi
- Glacier Wall: 18.5 mi
- The Coal Banks: 18.8 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 16.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 18.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Thunderbird Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | E 94° | 3,190 m | 9.0 mi |
| Kintla Peak | W 277° | 3,079 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Merritt | ESE 110° | 3,054 m | 12.6 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | WNW 286° | 3,032 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Carter | SSW 207° | 3,000 m | 3.2 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | SSW 212° | 2,988 m | 4.4 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | WNW 301° | 2,959 m | 8.6 mi |
| Vulture Peak | S 171° | 2,937 m | 6.7 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 | 21:45 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:28 | 16:47 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357931288
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 21 mi
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