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Council Grove State Park

Council Grove State Park from directly overhead

Council Grove State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 940 m. Saint Joseph Peak stands 2,922 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is National Museum of Forest Service History, a museum 2.8 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
940 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates46.91455, -114.15594
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • New Meadows Park: 2.9 mi
  • Desmet Fields: 3.3 mi
  • Riata Park: 4.2 mi
  • Red Fern Park: 4.4 mi
  • Kelly Island Fishing Access (Lena Lane): 4.5 mi
Peaks
  • Council Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Black Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • McCauley Butte: 6.0 mi
  • Hayes Point: 6.2 mi
  • Rocky Top: 6.7 mi
Artworks: 18
Gardens: 13
  • Roots Off Reserve Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Garden City Harvest - Youth Farm: 6.7 mi
  • Milwaukee Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • 2nd St Community Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Bitterroot Line Comunity Garden: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
Museums: 9
  • National Museum of Forest Service History: 2.8 mi
  • Museum of Mountain Flying: 3.7 mi
  • Historical Museum at Fort Missoula: 6.6 mi
  • Montana Natural History Center / Five Valleys Land Trust: 7.7 mi
  • E3 Convergance Gallery: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 7
  • “Galloping Goose” Crummy: 6.6 mi
  • Library Car: 6.6 mi
  • F: 8.0 mi
  • The L: 9.3 mi
  • The M: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Blue Slide: 15.8 mi
  • The Heap: 22.1 mi
  • Braxton Roof Rock: 23.8 mi
  • Elk Rock: 23.8 mi
  • Tor Rock: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 11.7 mi
  • Grand Menard Picnic Site: 16.2 mi
  • Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • MPG Ranch: 17.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lolo Hot Spring: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Council Grove State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saint Joseph PeakSSW 192°2,922 m22.1 mi
Sweeney PeakS 190°2,795 m18.7 mi
Lolo PeakSSW 194°2,786 m17.1 mi
Pyramid ButtesSSW 194°2,693 m20.4 mi
McLeod PeakNE 41°2,631 m16.6 mi
Murphy PeakNE 41°2,488 m13.0 mi
Mosquito PeakNE 50°2,444 m13.7 mi
Ch-paa-qn PeakNNW 331°2,435 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:0919:49
June solstice05:4320:4821:36
September equinox07:2418:5619:36
December solstice08:2015:5916:51

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252937445360686758443224
Precip in1.00.90.91.41.82.10.90.81.01.21.21.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Missoula Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Ponderosa Pine28 obs
  • American Kestrel24 obs
  • Great Horned Owl24 obs
  • Lewis's Woodpecker20 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • Great Blue Heron16 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk16 obs
  • Tree Swallow15 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/954697887

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