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Granite Peak
- Prominence
- 1,456 m4,778 ft
- Isolation
- 137 km
- Tonight
- 12°FSnow showers · Wind 9–23 mph NW
Granite Peak is a 3,904 m (12,808 ft) mountain in the Beartooth Mountains, Montana, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,904 m · 12,808 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Francs Peak (4,011 m)
- Range
- Beartooth Mountains
- Region
- Montana, United States
- Protected area
- Custer National Forest
- Spanish name
- Pico Granito
- Coordinates
- 45.1635° N, 109.8076° W
Granite Peak 3D map
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Granite Peak topographic map
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Granite Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Trails toward Granite Peak
Mapped trails from the road get to 650 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Road end, 9.2 km WSW of Granite Peak
- Distance
- 2.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +243 m−10 m (797 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Ends 650 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Granite Peak weather
Tonight · Snow showers · 12°F (-11°C) · 90% chance of precipitation · Wind 9–23 mph NW
Granite Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,712 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,130 m.
- Tonight12°90%9–23 mph NWBase 15°
- Sat16°25°–8–12 mph WSWBase 18 / 30°
- Sun19°29°4%9 mph SEBase 20 / 34°
- Mon22°31°17%10–14 mph SWBase 23 / 36°
- Tue18°26°77%18 mph SWBase 20 / 31°
- Wed15°21°37%13–18 mph WSWBase 16 / 26°
- Thu17°26°23%10 mph SWBase 19 / 31°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:07 UTC.
How steep is the route to Granite Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 2.5 km from 3,013 m to 3,248 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°2.3 km
- 15–30°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.9 km, measured from the Granite Peak summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Granite Peak-Northwest Peak3,882 m 0.7 km NW
- 2Tempest Mountain3,791 m 1.3 km ENE
- 3Cairn Mountain3,725 m 2.0 km SSE
- 4Mount Villard3,735 m 2.5 km SW
- 5Mystic Mountain3,686 m 2.6 km W
- 6Mount Peal3,778 m 2.8 km E
- 7Glacier Peak3,762 m 3.6 km WSW
- 8Froze-to-Death Mountain3,583 m 4.8 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.9 km; 48 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Goat10
- Arctic Gentian7
- American Pika4
- Sky pilot4
- Alpine sorrel3
- Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout3
Where Granite Peak sits
- Region
- Montana24United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Grasshopper Glacier↑6.8 km WSW
Dunraven Pass2,700 m↑66 km SW
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone1,828 m↑73 km SW
Hayden Valley↑77 km SW
Heart MountainPeak · 2,476 m↑77 km SE
More in the Rocky Mountains 6
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,898 m at the summit; the official height is 3,904 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 41 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,904 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 3,903 m | -1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,898 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,872 m | -32 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,863 m | -41 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-11)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia