Trident Peaks
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Observation Point: 1.7 mi
- Triple Divide: 1.8 mi
- Flint Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Ursus Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Hoadley Reef: 9.3 mi
- Big Slide: 13.6 mi
- Big Slide: 14.8 mi
- Chinese Wall: 21.9 mi
- North Fork Falls: 11.3 mi
- Cataract Falls: 17.2 mi
- Morrell Falls: 23.4 mi
- Sun River Game Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 21.8 mi
- Copenhaver Park: 23.6 mi
- Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 20.3 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scapegoat Mountain | ESE 112° | 2,800 m | 7.1 mi |
| Flint Mountain | ESE 105° | 2,749 m | 2.7 mi |
| Evans Peak | SE 141° | 2,696 m | 7.0 mi |
| Olson Peak | SE 133° | 2,690 m | 13.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NNW 337° | 2,664 m | 10.6 mi |
| Junction Mountain | NNW 328° | 2,649 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNE 16° | 2,634 m | 4.0 mi |
| Foolhen Mountain | WSW 250° | 2,600 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:04 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:45 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 15:52 | 16:45 |
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 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 60 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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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