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Frenchtown Pond State Park

Frenchtown Pond State Park from directly overhead

Frenchtown Pond State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 923 m. McLeod Peak stands 2,631 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is F, a attraction 1.8 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
923 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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Coordinates47.02336, -114.25867
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cayuse Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Edith Peak: 6.7 mi
  • Albert Point: 6.9 mi
  • Wild Horse Point: 7.3 mi
  • Charity Peak: 7.3 mi
Parks
  • Council Grove State Park: 8.9 mi
  • Desmet Fields: 10.2 mi
  • Snow Park Ski Area: 10.8 mi
  • New Meadows Park: 11.7 mi
  • Red Fern Park: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 20
  • The Eight Stupas: 14.0 mi
  • Offering Mandala: 14.0 mi
  • Buddha Maitreya: 14.1 mi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni: 14.1 mi
  • Mandala of Vajrasattva: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 13
Gardens: 12
Museums: 10
  • National Museum of Forest Service History: 9.8 mi
  • Museum of Mountain Flying: 11.2 mi
  • Historical Museum at Fort Missoula: 15.5 mi
  • Montana Natural History Center / Five Valleys Land Trust: 15.9 mi
  • E3 Convergance Gallery: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 7
  • F: 1.8 mi
  • A: 10.3 mi
  • “Galloping Goose” Crummy: 15.5 mi
  • Library Car: 15.5 mi
  • The L: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Grand Menard Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 19.2 mi
  • Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Mission Mountain Interpretive Overlook: 19.2 mi
  • Quartz Flat: 24.1 mi
  • Quartz Flat: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Lolo Hot Spring: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Frenchtown Pond State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McLeod PeakENE 72°2,631 m16.6 mi
Murphy PeakE 80°2,488 m13.6 mi
Mosquito PeakE 85°2,444 m15.4 mi
Ch-paa-qn PeakNNW 334°2,435 m10.3 mi
Point SixE 84°2,420 m12.9 mi
Stuart PeakE 94°2,398 m16.0 mi
Triangle PeakENE 75°2,375 m18.7 mi
Blackrock PeakNNW 327°2,303 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1019:50
June solstice05:4320:4921:37
September equinox07:2518:5619:37
December solstice08:2115:5916:51

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263037445360686758443326
Precip in1.41.51.71.72.02.20.90.91.11.62.01.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alberton, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose20 obs
  • Hooded Merganser20 obs
  • American Beaver15 obs
  • Osprey12 obs
  • Mallard11 obs
  • Common Merganser8 obs
  • Muskrat8 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie8 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/293252405

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