Going-to-the-Sun Mountain

Going-to-the-Sun Mountain is a 9,647-foot mountain peak located in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It rises dramatically above St. Mary Valley just north of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The mountain was named by James Willard Schultz in 1888.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sexton Glacier and Matahpi Peak.

Sexton Glacier

Glacier

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Sexton Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque north of Going-to-the-Sun Mountain and on the southeast slope of Matahpi Peak at an elevation between 8,000 feet and 7,000 feet above sea level.

Matahpi Peak

Peak

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Matahpi Peak is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Below the summit of Matahpi Peak lies Sexton Glacier. Going-to-the-Sun Mountain is just over 1 mile to the south of Matahpi Peak.

Goat Mountain

Peak

Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Goat Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Goat Mountain rises above Otokomi Lake and Goat Lake in the east central section of Glacier National Park.

Going-to-the-Sun Mountain

Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,603 feet
Description: mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Glacier, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

48.69081° or 48° 41′ 27″ north

Longitude

-113.6365° or 113° 38′ 11″ west

Elevation

9,603 feet (2,927 metres)

Open location code

85W8M9R7+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357926676

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

5654531

Wikidata ID

Q5577737

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Going-to-the-Sun Mountain” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Going-to-the-Sun Mountain”
Chinese: “奔向太阳之山”
Dutch: “Going-to-the-Sun Mountain”
Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جوينج تو ث سون”
Ladin: “Going-to-the-Sun Mountain”
Persian: “کوه گوینگ تو د سان”
Urdu: “گوئنگ-ٹو-دی-سن ماؤنٹین”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Preston Park and Sun Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Piegan Pass Trailhead and Gunsight Pass Trailhead.

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