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Les Mason State Park

Les Mason State Park from directly overhead

Les Mason State Park is a park in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 921 m. Lake Mountain stands 2,378 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitefish Lake State Park, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates48.45846, -114.37218

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Whitefish Lake Access: 2.6 mi
  • Crestwood Park: 2.6 mi
  • Mountain Trails Park: 2.9 mi
  • Soroptimist Park: 3.1 mi
  • Grouse Mountain Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks
  • Lion Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Big Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Standard Peak: 8.1 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 8.3 mi
  • Werner Peak: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • GN 181: 3.5 mi
  • Pine Grove Historic School Bell: 14.9 mi
  • Memorial Plaque: 17.4 mi
  • Memorial Bench: 17.4 mi
  • Flathead County Veterans Memorial: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Bruck Bus-Truck: 3.5 mi
  • Pine Grove Pond Fishing Access Sign: 14.9 mi
  • Pine Grove Pond Fishing Access Sign: 15.0 mi
  • Glacier Highline: 15.2 mi
  • Conrad Mansion: 18.3 mi
Museums: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Great Northern Flats: 13.5 mi
  • Woodland Gazebo: 18.1 mi
  • Apgar Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Whitefish Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Albino Buffalo: 17.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Les Mason State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lake MountainNNW 336°2,378 m24.2 mi
Great Bear MountainE 98°2,310 m22.8 mi
Triangle PeakE 96°2,294 m22.4 mi
Moose PeakN 349°2,293 m13.0 mi
Moran PeakN 354°2,259 m19.3 mi
Doris MountainSE 128°2,257 m17.2 mi
Stryker PeakNW 317°2,234 m21.4 mi
Whitefish MountainNNW 333°2,234 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:0919:50
June solstice05:3720:5421:44
September equinox07:2518:5619:37
December solstice08:2715:5116:45

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, 4 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • American Red Squirrel12 obs
  • American Robin10 obs
  • common beargrass10 obs
  • pearly everlasting9 obs
  • Rocky Mountain maple9 obs
  • thimbleberry8 obs
  • western larch8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/623679327

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