Whitetail Peak
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.
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Wikidata Q28056262, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3821 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 9 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 9 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 11 mi
- Falls · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Lockhart: 0.8 mi
- Medicine Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Sundance Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Beartooth Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Castle Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Willow Park: 14.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 17.6 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 17.8 mi
- Finn Park: 17.9 mi
- Field School Park: 17.9 mi
- 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
- Limestone Palisades: 14.4 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Sunlight Falls: 23.4 mi
- Reef Creek: 16.9 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Sunlight Creek Picnic Site: 23.7 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 17.7 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 18.0 mi
- Corner Spring: 21.8 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 21.8 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 9.3 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 10.2 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 17.9 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | WNW 296° | 3,903.5 m | 11.9 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | WNW 296° | 3,882 m | 12.3 mi |
| Castle Mountain | WNW 288° | 3,842 m | 2.2 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | NE 43° | 3,803 m | 3.0 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | WNW 299° | 3,791 m | 11.3 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | WNW 281° | 3,785 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Peal | WNW 299° | 3,778 m | 10.3 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | SSE 154° | 3,763 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:24 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357940576
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