Yellow Mountain
Yellow Mountain rises to 2,669 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Seward Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away.
The story
Yellow Mountain (8,971 feet (2,734 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Yellow Mountain forms a high ridge and connects Sherburne Peak in the east to Seward Mountain to the west.
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Wikidata Q8051769, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2669 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Seward Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Gable Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Papoose: 2.7 mi
- Ninaki Peak: 3.0 mi
- Apikuni Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Dawn Mist Falls: 4.3 mi
- Apikuni Falls: 4.7 mi
- Ptarmigan Falls: 5.3 mi
- Swiftcurrent Falls: 5.7 mi
- Gros Ventre Falls: 5.8 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 6.3 mi
- Grinnell Point: 6.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.5 mi
- Glacier Wall: 13.4 mi
- Beaver Slide: 14.2 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 9.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 11.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 11.5 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 11.0 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 12.4 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Yellow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | WNW 287° | 3,190 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Merritt | W 263° | 3,054 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | S 183° | 3,052 m | 10.6 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | S 180° | 2,992 m | 10.3 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | S 180° | 2,939 m | 13.2 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | WSW 253° | 2,913 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Gould | SSW 200° | 2,911 m | 10.2 mi |
| Kaina Mountain | NW 304° | 2,892 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:53 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 09:26 | 16:45 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357932432
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 16 mi
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