Hilgard Peak, Mountain summit in Madison County, US

Hilgard Peak is the highest mountain in the Madison Range, rising to 11,321 feet (3,451 m) in the Lee Metcalf Wilderness of Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, southwestern Montana. The summit lies in Madison County, about 30 km west-northwest of Yellowstone National Park.

Hilgard Peak was first climbed in 1948. The mountain is named for E. W. Hilgard, a geology professor who served on the Hayden Expedition, which explored the Yellowstone area in the early 1870s. The summit lies in a remote section of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.

The peak carries the name of E. W. Hilgard, a geology professor who served on the Hayden Expedition that explored the Yellowstone area in the early 1870s. The mountain and the Madison Range belong to the Teton Range–Yellowstone Area of the northern Rocky Mountains, about 30 km west to northwest of Yellowstone National Park.

The summit lies in the Lee Metcalf Wilderness of Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, about 30 km west to northwest of Yellowstone National Park, reached only on foot through trailless backcountry. The first ascent, in 1948, set the pattern: a multi-day approach and a climb on rough terrain with considerable elevation gain, for parties prepared for remote wilderness travel.

Hilgard Peak is the highest point in Montana outside the Beartooth Mountains, and it is also the state's fourth-most prominent peak with over 500 metres of prominence. It stands about 30 kilometres west to northwest of Yellowstone National Park, in the Lee Metcalf Wilderness of Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.