Vulture Peak
Vulture Peak rises to 2,937 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Carnelian Cliff, a cliff 0.6 miles away.
The story
Vulture Peak (9,642 feet (2,939 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The Vulture Glacier is located on the southern flanks of the mountain, while the Two Ocean Glacier is immediately to the north. Vulture Peak is the thirteenth highest summit in Glacier National Park.
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Wikidata Q7943595, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2937 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bighorn Peak: 1.2 mi
- Nahsukin Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Redhorn Peak: 2.1 mi
- Logging Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Trapper Peak: 3.5 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 7.2 mi
- Raven Quiver Falls: 8.3 mi
- Atsina Falls: 8.3 mi
- Paiota Falls: 8.3 mi
- Mokowanis Cascade: 8.7 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 0.6 mi
- The Hawksbill: 7.3 mi
- Glacier Wall: 13.0 mi
- The Coal Banks: 13.5 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 14.2 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 12.3 mi
- Weeping Wall: 13.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 15.5 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 19.1 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 24.1 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Vulture Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | NE 53° | 3,190 m | 10.0 mi |
| Kintla Peak | NW 318° | 3,079 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Merritt | ENE 78° | 3,054 m | 11.0 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | NW 322° | 3,032 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Carter | NNW 327° | 3,000 m | 4.5 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | NW 311° | 2,988 m | 4.4 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | NW 323° | 2,959 m | 13.9 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | E 85° | 2,913 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:07 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:54 | 21:44 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:28 | 16:47 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Glacier, 23 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 778046 — Vulture Peak, Flathead County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357931973
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 15 mi
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