Rock Peak

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Rock Peak

| photo = North aspect of Rock Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = North aspect

| elevation_ft = 7583

| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=56718|title=Rock Peak, Montana|access-date=2023-08-30}}

| prominence_ft = 993

| prominence_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/27144|title=Rock Peak - 7,583' MT|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2023-08-30}}

| isolation_mi = 1.25

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Saint Paul Peak (7,714 ft)

| etymology =

| country = United States

| state = Montana

| region = Sanders

| region_type = County

| part_type = Protected area | part = Cabinet Mountains Wilderness

| map = Montana#USA

| relief = 1

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

| label_position = right

| range = Cabinet Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|48.0676392|N|115.6552232|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=789710|name=Rock Peak|access-date=2023-08-30}}

| topo = USGS Elephant Peak

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Rock Peak is a {{convert|7583|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Sanders County, Montana.

Description

Rock Peak is located {{convert|22|mi}} south of Libby, Montana, in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, on land managed by Kaniksu National Forest. It is set west of the Continental Divide in the Cabinet Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slopes drains into Rock Creek, whereas the north slope drains into headwaters of East Fork Bull River, and both are tributaries of the Clark Fork River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|4100|ft|m}} above Rock Creek in 1.7 mile (2.7 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

File:Rock Peak.jpg

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Rock Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and cool to mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606| doi-access = free | url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/file/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf }} Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.