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Salmon Lake State Park

Salmon Lake State Park from directly overhead

Salmon Lake State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,199 m. Goat Mountain stands 2,687 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyd Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1199 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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Coordinates47.09040, -113.39653
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Boyd Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • 4110 ft: 4.7 mi
  • 5072 ft: 7.6 mi
  • 5166 ft: 7.9 mi
  • Morrell Mountain: 8.1 mi
Parks: 9
  • Cottonwood Park: 6.0 mi
  • Placid Lake State Park: 6.3 mi
  • Big Blackfoot Railroad Historical Marker: 6.3 mi
  • Seeley Lake Game Preserve: 9.4 mi
  • Thibodeau Campground: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 2
  • Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center: 5.5 mi
  • The Brand Bar Museum: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Morrell Falls: 14.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Garnet Ghost Town: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Salmon Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goat MountainN 8°2,687 m17.3 mi
Count PeakN 0°2,639 m16.9 mi
Crescent MountainN 353°2,622 m14.6 mi
Puma PeakNNE 12°2,602 m17.8 mi
Omar MountainENE 57°2,586 m16.7 mi
Leota PeakN 7°2,584 m14.5 mi
Youngs MountainNNE 28°2,565 m14.7 mi
Pyramid PeakN 360°2,529 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0619:46
June solstice05:3920:4621:33
September equinox07:2118:5319:33
December solstice08:1815:5516:47

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533404956646355423122
Precip in2.61.91.41.41.92.31.11.01.22.02.52.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seeley Lake RS, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rocky Mountain Juniper6 obs
  • Red-necked Grebe5 obs
  • Painted Turtle5 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine4 obs
  • small-flowered blue-eyed mary4 obs
  • great mullein4 obs
  • Vancouver Bumble Bee4 obs
  • common yarrow3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/954735907

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