Wolverine Peak
Wolverine Peak rises to 3,194 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Wolverine Peak is a mountain in the Absaroka Range in the state of Montana, United States. It has a height of 10,479 feet (3,194 m) and is located in the Park County. The summit of Wolverine Peak is located at the triple border point between the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Custer National Forest and Yellowstone National Park.
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Wikidata Q17107947, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,194 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 12 mi
- Crazy Creek · 14 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Peak: 0.7 mi
- Miller Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mineral Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mount Abundance: 1.7 mi
- Meridian Peak: 1.8 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
- Impasse Falls: 13.8 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 21.4 mi
- Tower Fall: 21.5 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 21.6 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 14.0 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 20.2 mi
- Devil's Den: 21.6 mi
- Petrified Tree: 23.0 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 8.9 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Wahb spring: 16.7 mi
- Calcite Springs: 21.5 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 3.4 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 4.2 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 4.7 mi
- Willow Park: 10.9 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 15.4 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Wolverine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | NE 52° | 3,904 m | 12.4 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NE 50° | 3,882 m | 12.3 mi |
| Glacier Peak | NE 49° | 3,762 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Villard | NE 52° | 3,735 m | 10.9 mi |
| Cairn Mountain | ENE 58° | 3,725 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mystic Mountain | NE 46° | 3,686 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Wilse | NE 52° | 3,593 m | 8.8 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NE 35° | 3,582 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:53 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooke City 2 W, 3 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 801715 — Wolverine Peak, Park County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357957206
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