Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 959 m. Saint Joseph Peak stands 2,922 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Library Car, a attraction 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 959 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Missoula Regional Park: 0.3 mi
- Big Sky Park: 0.8 mi
- Dale Dahlgren Baseball Field: 0.9 mi
- Spurgin Park: 1.0 mi
- DNRC: 1.2 mi
- McCauley Butte: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Top: 2.7 mi
- Council Hill: 2.7 mi
- Deadman Point: 3.3 mi
- Hayes Point: 3.6 mi
- The Fishing Kids: 3.4 mi
- Grizzly Gate: 3.8 mi
- The X’s: 4.0 mi
- Captain John Mullan: 8.7 mi
- The Eight Stupas: 24.0 mi
- Fort Missoula: 0.1 mi
- Garden City Monument Services: 2.4 mi
- Missoula Fire Department Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Missoula Law Enforcement Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Korean Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Garden City Harvest - Youth Farm: 0.9 mi
- Bitterroot Line Comunity Garden: 1.7 mi
- Milwaukee Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- 2nd St Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- ASUM Garden: 3.3 mi
- Montana Natural History Center / Five Valleys Land Trust: 3.3 mi
- E3 Convergance Gallery: 3.7 mi
- Missoula Art Museum: 3.9 mi
- Arts Missoula: 3.9 mi
- Montana Museum of Art and Culture: 4.0 mi
- Library Car: 0.1 mi
- “Galloping Goose” Crummy: 0.1 mi
- The M: 4.3 mi
- The L: 4.9 mi
- KettleHouse Amphitheater: 9.8 mi
- Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 8.5 mi
- Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 18.5 mi
- Grand Menard Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
- MPG Ranch: 11.1 mi
- Rock Creek Confluence: 20.3 mi
- Blue Slide: 11.7 mi
- The Heap: 23.6 mi
- Colma Spring: 22.7 mi
- Lolo Hot Spring: 23.7 mi
- Hell Gate: 3.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph Peak | SSW 209° | 2,922 m | 19.0 mi |
| Sweeney Peak | SSW 209° | 2,795 m | 15.5 mi |
| Lolo Peak | SW 216° | 2,786 m | 14.5 mi |
| Pyramid Buttes | SSW 212° | 2,693 m | 17.6 mi |
| McLeod Peak | NNE 21° | 2,631 m | 18.6 mi |
| Murphy Peak | NNE 16° | 2,488 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mosquito Peak | NNE 24° | 2,444 m | 14.9 mi |
| Point Six | NNE 15° | 2,420 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:48 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 15:59 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Missoula Intl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/749461121
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