Triple Divide Peak
Triple Divide Peak rises to 2,444 m in Montana. Mount Stimson stands 3,091 m to the southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Norris Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Triple Divide Peak (8,025 feet or 2,446 metres) is located in the Lewis Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The peak is a feature of Glacier National Park in the state of Montana in the United States. The summit of the peak, the hydrological apex of the North American continent, is the point where two of the principal continental divides in North America converge: the Continental Divide of the Americas and the Northern or Laurentian Divide.
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Wikidata Q1148432, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2444 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Norris Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Razoredge Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount James: 1.4 mi
- Split Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Amphitheater Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Atlantic Falls: 3.0 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 7.5 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 7.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 7.8 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 8.0 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 11.8 mi
- Beaver Slide: 14.9 mi
- Glacier Wall: 16.5 mi
- Grinnell Point: 16.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 18.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 15.1 mi
- All Chief's Park: 22.9 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 22.9 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 14.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 16.0 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 18.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 7.6 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 19.2 mi
- McCarthyville: 21.2 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 22.6 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Triple Divide Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stimson | SW 227° | 3,091 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Jackson | WNW 282° | 3,064 m | 9.6 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | NW 326° | 2,939 m | 9.8 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | W 275° | 2,909 m | 7.0 mi |
| Rising Wolf Mountain | SE 139° | 2,899 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Phillips | S 183° | 2,894 m | 6.6 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | NW 324° | 2,867 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | SSE 161° | 2,862 m | 9.5 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 | 21:41 |
| 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 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Mary, 12 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357931416
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 15 mi
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