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Whitetail Peak

Whitetail Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Whitetail Peak rises to 3,821 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Lockhart, a peak 0.8 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 8.7 miles off.

The story

Whitetail Peak (12,556 feet (3,827 m)) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains, the fifth-tallest in Montana, and is located in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness of Custer National Forest.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q28056262, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3821 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.08883, -109.58767

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Sentinel Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Calamity Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Impasse Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Beartooth Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Crazy Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 1
Attractions: 1
Historic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Gallery Dan Hartman: 20.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Whitetail Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite PeakWNW 296°3,903.5 m11.9 mi
Granite Peak (Northwest Peak)WNW 296°3,882 m12.3 mi
Castle MountainWNW 288°3,842 m2.2 mi
Silver Run PeakNE 43°3,803 m3.0 mi
Tempest MountainWNW 299°3,791 m11.3 mi
Castle Rock MountainWNW 281°3,785 m3.3 mi
Mount PealWNW 299°3,778 m10.3 mi
Beartooth MountainSSE 154°3,763 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5219:31
June solstice05:3220:2421:10
September equinox07:0618:3919:18
December solstice07:5515:5116:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272632374654626254423225
Precip in1.11.52.02.74.13.02.31.92.02.51.91.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357940576

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