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Tower Mountain

Tower Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tower Mountain rises to 2,826 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Armstrong Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2826 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.40187, -112.89114

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Storm Park: 11.0 mi
  • Crystal Park: 11.8 mi
  • Brownes Bridge Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
  • Clark's Lookout State Park: 17.0 mi
  • Clarks Lookout State Park: 17.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Warm Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Reservoir Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Mill Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Garrison Spring: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 7
  • "M": 16.6 mi
  • Hangmans Gulch: 17.2 mi
  • Hotel Meade: 17.4 mi
  • Hardware Store Museum: 17.4 mi
  • Skinner's Saloon: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Coolidge: 9.4 mi
  • Clark's Lookout Monument: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Aspen Rest Stop: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • The Sandbar: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lupine Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
Museums: 1
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Tower Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tweedy MountainNNW 327°3,394 m6.5 mi
Torrey MountainNW 313°3,392 m5.4 mi
Granite MountainN 350°3,238 m11.6 mi
Baldy MountainWSW 244°3,211 m7.3 mi
Alturas Number Two MountainW 265°3,191 m5.8 mi
Barb MountainNNW 334°3,190 m6.1 mi
Mount AlversonNNW 335°3,176 m9.8 mi
Highboy MountainWNW 283°3,174 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0519:44
June solstice05:4420:3921:24
September equinox07:1918:5219:31
December solstice08:0916:0216:52

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222635425058656355433022
Precip in0.20.40.50.81.71.70.80.90.70.70.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glen 4 N, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357940172

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