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Trident Peaks

Trident Peaks, seen from above at true elevation

Trident Peaks rises to 2,318 m in Montana. Scapegoat Mountain stands 2,800 m to the east-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Point, a peak 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49084832, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2318 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.34939, -112.96949

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • North Fork Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Morrell Falls: 23.4 mi
Parks: 3
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 19.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Park: 21.8 mi
  • Copenhaver Park: 23.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 20.3 mi
Museums: 1
  • The Brand Bar Museum: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Trident Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scapegoat MountainESE 112°2,800 m7.1 mi
Flint MountainESE 105°2,749 m2.7 mi
Evans PeakSE 141°2,696 m7.0 mi
Olson PeakSE 133°2,690 m13.4 mi
Twin PeaksNNW 337°2,664 m10.6 mi
Junction MountainNNW 328°2,649 m13.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNE 16°2,634 m4.0 mi
Foolhen MountainWSW 250°2,600 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0419:45
June solstice05:3620:4521:33
September equinox07:1918:5119:31
December solstice08:1715:5216:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 801616 — Trident Peaks, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.

OpenStreetMap element node/357957144

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