Finley Point Unit - Flathead Lake State Park
Finley Point Unit - Flathead Lake State Park is a park in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 915 m. Swan Peak stands 2,826 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Boettcher Park, a park 4.6 miles away. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
How to reach it
113 named places within 25 miles
- Moss Peak: 7.1 mi
- Hellroaring Pass: 7.6 mi
- Cedar Peak: 9.0 mi
- Rocky Butte: 9.3 mi
- Woodward Point: 9.5 mi
- Boettcher Park: 4.6 mi
- Ducharme Park: 5.4 mi
- Salish Point Park: 5.4 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 5.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 5.8 mi
- Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village: 5.4 mi
- Polson Flathead Historical Museum: 5.9 mi
- Three Chiefs Culture Center: 9.4 mi
- Garden of the Rockies Museum: 15.6 mi
- Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana: 21.8 mi
- Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village: 5.3 mi
- hogheaven work: 20.6 mi
- Base Camp Bigfork: 21.0 mi
- Painted Rocks: 11.1 mi
- Chief Cliff / snpc'anč'štis / k̓aǂtnawi¢nuk: 11.9 mi
- Chief Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Johnson Homestead: 9.4 mi
- Johnson Barn: 9.4 mi
- Skeeko Bay: 9.5 mi
- Long Beach: 19.5 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
- Terrace Falls: 17.4 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 11.1 mi
- Mission Mountains Viewpoint and Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Blair's Meadow: 13.5 mi
- Ninepipes Picnic Pullout: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Finley Point Unit - Flathead Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Peak | E 97° | 2,826 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Calowahcan | SSE 162° | 2,741 m | 21.5 mi |
| Union Peak | ESE 113° | 2,671 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cooney Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,643 m | 24.7 mi |
| Newby Peak | ESE 117° | 2,590 m | 23.6 mi |
| Condon Peak | ESE 119° | 2,577.389 m | 22.7 mi |
| Smith Creek Pass Peak | ESE 118° | 2,569 m | 24.2 mi |
| Weisner Peak | SSE 158° | 2,539 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:08 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:51 | 21:39 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 15:54 | 16:47 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Polson, 8 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer14 obs
- Bald Eagle5 obs
- small-flowered blue-eyed mary5 obs
- Oregon grape4 obs
- creeping mahonia4 obs
- Violet-green Swallow3 obs
- Douglas-fir tussock moth3 obs
- Wild Turkey2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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