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Whitefish Lake State Park

Whitefish Lake State Park from directly overhead

Whitefish Lake State Park is a nature reserve in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 924 m. Mount Penrose stands 2,383 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitefish Lake Access, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
924 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.42530, -114.37127
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Whitefish Lake Access: 0.4 mi
  • Grouse Mountain Park: 1.1 mi
  • Soroptimist Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mountain Trails Park: 1.4 mi
  • Crestwood Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Lion Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Big Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 6.7 mi
  • Standard Peak: 9.9 mi
  • Tally Mountain: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • GN 181: 1.8 mi
  • Pine Grove Historic School Bell: 12.7 mi
  • Memorial Plaque: 15.1 mi
  • Memorial Bench: 15.1 mi
  • Flathead County Veterans Memorial: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Bruck Bus-Truck: 1.8 mi
  • Pine Grove Pond Fishing Access Sign: 12.7 mi
  • Pine Grove Pond Fishing Access Sign: 12.8 mi
  • Glacier Highline: 14.9 mi
  • Conrad Mansion: 16.1 mi
Museums: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Great Northern Flats: 14.9 mi
  • Woodland Gazebo: 15.8 mi
  • Apgar Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Whitefish Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Albino Buffalo: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Whitefish Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PenroseE 92°2,383 m24.5 mi
Great Bear MountainE 92°2,310 m22.6 mi
Triangle PeakE 91°2,294 m22.3 mi
Moose PeakN 351°2,293 m15.3 mi
Moran PeakN 354°2,259 m21.5 mi
Doris MountainESE 122°2,257 m15.9 mi
Stryker PeakNW 321°2,234 m23.2 mi
Diamond PeakNNW 337°2,224 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:0919:50
June solstice05:3720:5421:43
September equinox07:2518:5619:37
December solstice08:2715:5116:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533425157656454423123
Precip in1.81.31.31.62.03.21.40.91.21.41.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitefish, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer59 obs
  • Mallard40 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie34 obs
  • Saskatoon21 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull16 obs
  • American Robin16 obs
  • Common Snowberry15 obs
  • creeping mahonia14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/585822795

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