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Trap Mountain

Trap Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Trap Mountain rises to 2,480 m in Montana. Flint Mountain stands 2,749 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Peaks, a peak 2.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49084626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2480 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.46716, -113.08811

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • North Fork Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Morrell Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Holland Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 24.8 mi
Parks: 2
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 14.7 mi
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 24.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 15.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Trap Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flint MountainSE 137°2,749 m12.0 mi
Twin PeaksNE 41°2,664 m2.1 mi
Junction MountainNNW 334°2,649 m3.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainESE 123°2,634 m7.9 mi
Red ButteN 353°2,614 m8.6 mi
Cliff MountainN 352°2,611 m13.2 mi
Una MountainW 265°2,604 m12.3 mi
Puma PeakSW 231°2,602 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0519:45
June solstice05:3620:4621:34
September equinox07:2018:5119:32
December solstice08:1815:5216:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242431384653626052413124
Precip in0.70.90.81.62.93.11.11.31.31.10.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibson DAM, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357940180

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