Mission Mountains Viewpoint and Picnic Area
Mission Mountains Viewpoint and Picnic Area is a rest area in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 922 m. McDonald Peak stands 2,983 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ronan Park, a park 2.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sloan Buttes: 4.7 mi
- Crow Benchmark: 6.5 mi
- Mount Calowahcan: 7.4 mi
- Round Butte: 7.6 mi
- Moiese Hills: 9.5 mi
- Ronan Park: 2.6 mi
- Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge: 3.3 mi
- Pablo Ball Fields: 8.0 mi
- Pablo National Wildlife Refuge: 10.8 mi
- Taelman Park: 11.8 mi
- Elk Antler Pile: 11.0 mi
- Statue of the Sacred Heart: 11.8 mi
- Prayer Flag Mound: 20.2 mi
- Nubchen Sangye Yeshe: 20.3 mi
- Buddha Marmay Dze: 20.3 mi
- Garden of the Rockies Museum: 3.1 mi
- Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana: 3.2 mi
- Three Chiefs Culture Center: 9.3 mi
- Allard Complex: 11.3 mi
- Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village: 13.5 mi
- Terrace Falls: 7.3 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Mission Falls: 12.6 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 12.8 mi
- Holland Falls: 24.4 mi
- Ninepipes Picnic Pullout: 2.9 mi
- CSKT Bison Range: 12.4 mi
- Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village: 13.5 mi
- Mission Mountain Interpretive Overlook: 13.6 mi
- Dixon Train Station (Abandoned and Demolished in 2013): 15.5 mi
- Giant Spring: 16.0 mi
- Garden of One Thousand Buddhas: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Mission Mountains Viewpoint and Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald Peak | SE 131° | 2,983 m | 10.9 mi |
| East Saint Marys Peak | SE 146° | 2,867 m | 15.3 mi |
| West McDonald Peak | SE 132° | 2,861 m | 10.8 mi |
| Lowary Peak | SE 142° | 2,858 m | 15.0 mi |
| West Saint Marys Peak | SSE 146° | 2,846 m | 14.8 mi |
| Peak Y | SE 143° | 2,840 m | 14.8 mi |
| Glacier Peaks | SE 133° | 2,827 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mountaineer Peak | SE 135° | 2,807 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:50 | 21:38 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:22 | 15:56 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 31 | 39 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Ignatius, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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