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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sexton Glacier and Matahpi Peak.
Sexton Glacier
Glacier
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
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″ northLongitude
-113.6365° or 113° 38′ 11″ westElevation
9,603 feet (2,927 metres)Open location code
85W8M9R7+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 357926676OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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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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