Mount Cannon, Glacier National Park

Name: Mount Cannon
Address: Glacier National Park, United States

#122 among attractions in Glacier National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Cannon is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Formerly called Goat Mountain it was renamed for the leading physiologist Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon and his wife Cornelia, who made the first recorded ascent of the mountain in 1901. ()

First ascent: 1923Elevation: 8956 ftProminence: 1792 ftCoordinates: 48°41'33"N, 113°46'26"W

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Mount Cannon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Avalanche Lake, Heavy Runner Mountain, Little Matterhorn, Hidden Lake.

2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Avalanche Lake, Glacier National Park
66 min walk • Avalanche Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Avalanche Lake is southwest of Bearhat Mountain and receives meltwater from Sperry Glacier.
3.8 miE
Mountain
Heavy Runner Mountain, Glacier National Park
97 min walk • Heavy Runner Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The summit is a little over a mile east-northeast of Reynolds Mountain and is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road as well as Logan Pass.
3.9 miS
Mountain
Little Matterhorn, Glacier National Park
101 min walk • Little Matterhorn is a 7,886-foot elevation mountain summit located in the Lewis Range, of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The nearest higher peak is Edwards Mountain, 0.9 miles to the south. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into creeks which empty into Lake McDonald.
1.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Hidden Lake, Glacier National Park
45 min walk • Hidden Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Hidden Lake is surrounded by numerous peaks, including Bearhat Mountain to the southwest, Dragons Tail to the south, Clements Mountain to the north, and Reynolds Mountain to the east.
2.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Reynolds Mountain, Glacier National Park
70 min walk • Reynolds Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Reynolds Mountain is situated along the Continental Divide and is easily seen from Logan Pass by looking due south from the pass.
3.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pollock Mountain, Glacier National Park
93 min walk • Pollock Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Pollock Mountain is situated along the Continental Divide and is one of the peaks along the Garden Wall and is approximately.6 miles south of Bishops Cap.
1.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Clements Mountain, Glacier National Park
40 min walk • Clements Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Clements Mountain rises to the west of Logan Pass and above the Hidden Lake Trail which leads to Hidden Lake just west of the continental divide.
3.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Heavens Peak, Glacier National Park
100 min walk • Heavens Peak is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Heavens Peak is a little more than 1 mile north of McPartland Mountain. The mountain's descriptive name first appeared on a map prepared by Lt. George P. Ahern, from 1888-1890 reconnaissance maps prepared by him.
1.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Oberlin, Glacier National Park
49 min walk • Mount Oberlin is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Oberlin is just northwest of Logan Pass.
3.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bishops Cap, Glacier National Park
95 min walk • Bishops Cap is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Located above the Garden Wall and straddling the Continental Divide, when viewed from the south at Logan Pass, the peak appears to resemble a Bishop's headwear.
2.9 miS
Waterfall
Monument Falls, Glacier National Park
75 min walk • Monument Falls is a waterfall located in Glacier National Park, Montana, US. Monument Falls descends from meltwater off Sperry Glacier en route to Avalanche Lake. Numerous other waterfalls are located in the immediate area but they remain unnamed.