Vigil Peak
Vigil Peak rises to 2,599 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the north-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Caper Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Vigil Peak (8,593 feet (2,619 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Lake Isabel is northwest of the peak.
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Wikidata Q7928902, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2599 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Caper Peak: 1.4 mi
- Battlement Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Statuary Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mount Rockwell: 2.4 mi
- Lone Walker Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 4.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.0 mi
- Aster falls: 6.3 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 7.6 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 8.3 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 20.4 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Beaver Slide: 24.8 mi
- All Chief's Park: 23.7 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 24.0 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.5 mi
- John Frank Stevens: 9.1 mi
- McCarthyville: 10.3 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 18.5 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 22.8 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 23.3 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Vigil Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NNE 29° | 2,899 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Phillips | NNW 336° | 2,894 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | NE 39° | 2,862 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Saint Nicholas | WSW 241° | 2,857 m | 3.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 18° | 2,856 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | NW 317° | 2,836 m | 7.5 mi |
| 2825 | NE 37° | 2,825 m | 7.1 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | N 8° | 2,809 m | 5.8 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 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:48 | 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 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357931949
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 23 mi
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