Tinkham Mountain
Tinkham Mountain rises to 2,516 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the west, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is McClintock Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Tinkham Mountain (8,447 feet (2,575 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1929 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to recognize Lieutenant Abiel W. Tinkham, the first white man to cross the Continental Divide at what would later become Glacier National Park.
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Wikidata Q7808351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,516 m
How to reach it
103 named places within 25 miles
- McClintock Peak: 1.6 mi
- Mount Morgan: 1.7 mi
- Razoredge Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Flinsch Peak: 2.6 mi
- Medicine Grizzly Peak: 3.0 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 4.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.9 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 6.8 mi
- Aster falls: 7.1 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 7.3 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 14.1 mi
- Beaver Slide: 17.8 mi
- Glacier Wall: 19.1 mi
- Grinnell Point: 19.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 22.2 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
- All Chief's Park: 22.6 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 22.7 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 17.2 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 20.9 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 10.9 mi
- McCarthyville: 17.9 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 22.2 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tinkham Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | W 261° | 3,091 m | 4.8 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | WNW 298° | 2,909 m | 8.4 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | ESE 116° | 2,899 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Phillips | SSW 195° | 2,894 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | SSE 156° | 2,862 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount James | N 9° | 2,857 m | 4.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | E 79° | 2,856 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | WSW 243° | 2,836 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:51 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:47 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357931328
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 17 mi
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