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Historic Forest Service Museum

Historic Forest Service Museum from directly overhead

Historic Forest Service Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,184 m. Trapper Peak stands 3,081 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sacajewa Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1184 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.02763, -114.17712

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tabor Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Harlan Point: 4.9 mi
  • Grouse Butte: 4.9 mi
  • Deer Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Cold Spring Hill: 6.5 mi
Parks: 19
  • Sacajewa Park: 0.4 mi
  • Darby Park: 0.5 mi
  • Tin Cup Park: 0.7 mi
  • Skalkaho Bend Park: 14.3 mi
  • River Park: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Boulder Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Patsy Ann Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Overwich Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Skalkaho Falls: 23.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Rams Horn Medicine Tree: 9.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 16.5 mi
  • Don Mackey Memorial: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • H: 14.5 mi
  • C: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Concretehenge: 17.4 mi
  • The Wings: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Como Swimming Beach: 4.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Horsehead Arch: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Painted Rocks State Park: 24.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Blue Joint Hot Springs: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Historic Forest Service Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Trapper PeakSSW 211°3,081 m11.1 mi
El CapitanW 263°3,025 m10.6 mi
Boulder PeakSSW 213°2,977 m14.8 mi
North Trapper PeakSSW 212°2,969 m10.3 mi
West Como PeakWSW 258°2,916 m8.6 mi
Middle Como PeakWSW 257°2,904 m8.2 mi
East Como PeakWSW 258°2,891 m7.6 mi
Sugarloaf PeakSW 227°2,888 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1019:49
June solstice05:4720:4621:32
September equinox07:2418:5719:36
December solstice08:1716:0416:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273037435258666456453326
Precip in1.10.90.91.01.62.11.10.91.21.51.61.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darby, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/641549227

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