Metcalf Mountain is a 11,982-foot peak in Montana's Beartooth Mountains, within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness of Custer National Forest. Named for former U.S. senator Lee Metcalf of Montana, it rises in a federally protected wilderness known for the region's high, rugged mountain landscape. The peak's significance lies in both its prominent place within this protected mountain setting and its connection to a notable Montana public figure.