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North American Wildlife Museum

North American Wildlife Museum from directly overhead

North American Wildlife Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,000 m. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Glacier Highline, a attraction 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1000 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.41802, -114.03706

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Teakettle Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Desert Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Belton Point: 3.5 mi
  • Swanberg Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Lion Hill: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Berne Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Belton Stage Park: 5.0 mi
  • Surrounded by Wilderness Historical Marker: 5.6 mi
  • Bad Rock Canyon Historical Marker: 5.6 mi
  • Pinewood Park: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Attractions: 9
  • Glacier Highline: 0.5 mi
  • The Bruck Bus-Truck: 13.7 mi
  • Pine Grove Pond Fishing Access Sign: 16.3 mi
  • Pine Grove Pond Fishing Access Sign: 16.5 mi
  • Conrad Mansion: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • GN 181: 13.7 mi
  • Pine Grove Historic School Bell: 16.3 mi
  • Memorial Plaque: 19.1 mi
  • Memorial Bench: 19.1 mi
  • Flathead County Veterans Memorial: 19.7 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Apgar Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Great Northern Flats: 11.3 mi
  • Woodland Gazebo: 19.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Whitefish Community Garden: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Albino Buffalo: 19.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of North American Wildlife Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount JacksonNE 49°3,064 m19.2 mi
Blackfoot MountainNE 56°2,909 m20.3 mi
Gunsight MountainNE 43°2,821 m19.0 mi
Eaglehead MountainE 79°2,773 m20.2 mi
Edwards MountainNE 39°2,747 m18.2 mi
Walton MountainNE 52°2,720 m17.7 mi
Mount VaughtNNE 22°2,679 m19.6 mi
Peril PeakE 82°2,637 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:0819:49
June solstice05:3520:5321:42
September equinox07:2418:5519:36
December solstice08:2615:5016:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252734425259686756443326
Precip in3.62.53.22.72.93.81.41.22.23.53.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hungry Horse DAM, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366093988

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