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Wayfarers Unit - Flathead Lake State Park

Wayfarers Unit - Flathead Lake State Park from directly overhead

Wayfarers Unit - Flathead Lake State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 915 m. Mount Grant stands 2,618 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Flathead Lake State Park - Wayfarers Unit, a park 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
915 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

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Coordinates48.05418, -114.07839
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Flathead Lake State Park - Wayfarers Unit: 0.2 mi
  • J H Horn Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sliter Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pacific Park: 1.1 mi
  • Carlyle Johnson Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks
  • Angel Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Sunset Point: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Johns: 8.3 mi
  • Crater Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Crater Mountain: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Base Camp Bigfork: 0.3 mi
  • Echo Lake Cosway entrance: 5.8 mi
  • Echo Lake Cosway Entrance: 5.9 mi
  • Conrad Mansion: 14.3 mi
  • F: 16.5 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Flathead County Veterans Memorial: 14.8 mi
  • Memorial Bench: 15.3 mi
  • Memorial Plaque: 15.3 mi
  • Family Life Christian Church Large Wooden Cross: 15.4 mi
  • Johnson Homestead: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 3
  • Glacier Art Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Northwest Montana History Museum: 14.6 mi
  • Museum Of Wildlife: 22.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Woodland Gazebo: 14.4 mi
  • Blair's Meadow: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Albino Buffalo: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Wayfarers Unit - Flathead Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GrantNE 38°2,618 m23.9 mi
Great Northern MountainNE 35°2,609 m23.9 mi
Mount BaptisteENE 76°2,554 m21.1 mi
Red Sky MountainENE 72°2,480 m22.3 mi
Prospector MountainE 80°2,465 m21.1 mi
Mount LiebigNE 42°2,443 m23.7 mi
Felix PeakENE 63°2,435 m21.5 mi
Unawah MountainENE 68°2,394 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:0819:49
June solstice05:3720:5221:41
September equinox07:2418:5519:36
December solstice08:2415:5216:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835445359666555443426
Precip in1.51.21.11.82.23.61.20.91.31.51.51.5

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

Wildlife nearby
  • creeping mahonia36 obs
  • Saskatoon32 obs
  • White-tailed Deer24 obs
  • Ocean spray21 obs
  • orange honeysuckle18 obs
  • common yarrow17 obs
  • chokecherry16 obs
  • Rocky Mountain maple16 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/954732930

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