Mount Rockwell

{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Montana}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Rockwell

| photo = Mount Rockwell - Glacier National Park.jpg

| photo_caption = Northeast aspect

| elevation_ft = 9277

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=4828|name=Mount Rockwell, Montana|accessdate=December 26, 2018}}

| prominence_ft = 2192

| prominence_ref =

| location = Flathead County, Montana, Glacier County, Montana, U.S.

| map = Montana#USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States

| range = Lewis Range

| coordinates = {{coord|48|26|36|N|113|27|04|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=775872|name=Mount Rockwell|accessdate=December 26, 2018}}

| topo = USGS Mount Rockwell, MT

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

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Mount Rockwell ({{convert|9277|ft|m|0}}) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Mount Rockwell, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.44330&lon=-113.45101&datum=nad83&zoom=4&cross=on|accessdate=December 26, 2018}} Mount Rockwell is situated along the Continental Divide and Aurice Lake is just west of the peak. A Blackfeet name for the mountain is "Rising Bull Mountain."{{Cite book |last=Shultz |first=James Willard |title=Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |year=1916 |isbn=9780598564146 |location=Boston |pages=7–8}} It was named for a Blackfeet chief who, after staying with the Flathead people of his wife for a number of winters, was appointed one of their chiefs for his bravery and his kind and generous nature.

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