Castle Rock Mountain () is in the
Beartooth Mountains
The Beartooth Mountains are located in south central Montana and northwest Wyoming, U.S. and are part of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, within Custer, Gallatin and Shoshone National Forests. The Beartooths are the location of Granite Peak ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Montana
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.
The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains, the tenth-tallest in Montana and is in the
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, on the border of
Custer
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Custer graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point ...
and
Gallatin national forests. The nearest taller mountain to Castle Rock Mountain is
Castle Rock Spire, east. Castle Rock Mountain is flanked by the
Sundance Glacier to the north and the
Castle Rock Glacier to the south.
References
Castle Rock Mountain
Beartooth Mountains
Mountains of Carbon County, Montana
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