Mount Brown (Liberty County, Montana)

Mount Brown
Mount Brown
	North aspect
Highest point
Elevation	6,958 ft (2,121 m)
Prominence	3,203 ft (976 m)
Parent peak	West Butte (6,983 ft)
Isolation	18.29 mi (29.43 km)
Coordinates	48°52′27″N111°08′22″W / 48.8741533°N 111.1393201°W
Geography
	Mount Brown Location in Montana Mount Brown Location in the United States
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Liberty
Parent range	Sweet Grass Hills
Topo map	USGS Haystack Butte
Geology
Rock age	Eocene
Mountain type	Laccolith
Rock type	Igneous rock
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2

Last updated December 07, 2024

Mount Brown is a 6,958-foot-elevation (2,121-meter) mountain summit located in Liberty County, Montana, United States.

Description

Mount Brown is the highest point in the county, highest point of the East Butte complex, and second-highest peak in the Sweet Grass Hills.^[1]^[2] It is situated 26 miles (42 km) north of Chester, Montana, and eight miles (13 km) south of the Canada–United States border. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains north to the Milk River.^[1] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,000 feet (910 meters) above the surrounding plains in four miles (6.4 km) which makes it a prominent landmark visible for many miles. The slopes provide habitat for elk, mule deer, and white-tailed deer.^[4]

Geology

Mount Brown is an exposed laccolith composed of syenitic and monzonitic trachytes created by an igneous intrusion through older Jurassic and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks during the Eocene, about 50 million years ago.^[5]^[4] These sedimentary rocks are primarily shale and siltstone. Over time, erosion of the sedimentary rock has exposed the solidified laccolith which is more resistant to weathering.

History

The Sweet Grass Hills, which are centered in buffalo hunting territory, are sacred to the Blackfoot and other tribes.^[6] The Blackfoot called East Butte "pinapitsékatúyis" which means "east side sweet pine."^[7] In 1806, Meriwether Lewis sighted the mountains from the Missouri River, which is 100 miles (160 km) distant, and George Mercer Dawson reported seeing them from 140 miles (230 km) away at Blackfoot Crossing in Alberta.^[7] The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[3]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Brown is located in a semi-arid climate zone with long, cold, dry winters and hot summers with cool nights.^[4]^[8] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. The wettest period of the year is generally May through August, with up to 20 inches of precipitation falling annually on the peak.^[4]

Gallery

Southeast aspect.
East Butte complex with Mount Brown centered at top, in back.
East Butte complex from southeast. Mount Brown centered on skyline, with Mount Lebanon to the right.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Mount Brown, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
1 2 3 4 5 "Brown, Mount - 6,958' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
1 2 "Mount Brown". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-07-25.
1 2 3 4 Sweet Grass Hills Resource(s) Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and West HiLine Resource(s) Management Plan (RMP), Toole County, Liberty County: Environmental Impact Statement, 1996, p. 13, 19.
↑ Sweet Grass Hills, blm.gov, Retrieved 2023-07-25.
↑ Rich Aarstad, Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman, Montana Historical Society, 2009, ISBN 9780975919613, p. 259.
1 2 William A Lovis, Robert Whallon (2016), Marking the Land, Routledge, ISBN 9781317361169, p. 48, 50.
↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

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[pb-1] 1 2 3 4 "Mount Brown, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[listsofjohn-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Brown, Mount - 6,958' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[gnis-3] 1 2 "Mount Brown". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[EIS-4] 1 2 3 4 Sweet Grass Hills Resource(s) Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and West HiLine Resource(s) Management Plan (RMP), Toole County, Liberty County: Environmental Impact Statement, 1996, p. 13, 19.

[blm-5] Sweet Grass Hills, blm.gov, Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[6] Rich Aarstad, Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman, Montana Historical Society, 2009, ISBN 9780975919613, p. 259.

[Lovis-7] 1 2 William A Lovis, Robert Whallon (2016), Marking the Land, Routledge, ISBN 9781317361169, p. 48, 50.

[Peel-8] Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

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