West Shore Unit - Flathead Lake State Park
West Shore Unit - Flathead Lake State Park is a park in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 951 m. Thunderbolt Mountain stands 2,366 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Flathead Lake State Park - West Shore Unit, a park 0.2 miles away. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Flathead Lake State Park - West Shore Unit: 0.2 mi
- Ben Williams Park: 4.7 mi
- Lakeside Community Park: 5.0 mi
- Volunteer Park: 5.0 mi
- Beardance Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Mount Johns: 1.0 mi
- Sunset Point: 1.8 mi
- Angel Hill: 2.5 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Kerr Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Base Camp Bigfork: 9.0 mi
- hogheaven work: 13.9 mi
- Echo Lake Cosway entrance: 14.3 mi
- Echo Lake Cosway Entrance: 14.5 mi
- Conrad Mansion: 17.8 mi
- Johnson Homestead: 7.9 mi
- Johnson Barn: 7.9 mi
- Family Life Christian Church Large Wooden Cross: 17.8 mi
- Flathead County Veterans Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Memorial Bench: 18.8 mi
- Glacier Art Museum: 17.8 mi
- Northwest Montana History Museum: 17.9 mi
- Polson Flathead Historical Museum: 18.2 mi
- Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village: 19.0 mi
- Three Chiefs Culture Center: 23.2 mi
- Painted Rocks: 3.3 mi
- Chief Cliff / snpc'anč'štis / k̓aǂtnawi¢nuk: 8.5 mi
- Chief Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Skeeko Bay: 7.6 mi
- Long Beach: 7.6 mi
- Smith Lake Waterfowl Production Area: 16.9 mi
- Riverbed Swim: 19.4 mi
- Blair's Meadow: 17.1 mi
- Woodland Gazebo: 18.0 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 8.3 mi
- Albino Buffalo: 18.3 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Shore Unit - Flathead Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderbolt Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,366 m | 24.4 mi |
| Moss Peak | SSE 152° | 2,303 m | 21.0 mi |
| Cedar Peak | SSE 149° | 2,299 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Aeneas | NE 42° | 2,279 m | 18.4 mi |
| Big Hawk Mountain | ENE 58° | 2,277 m | 18.2 mi |
| Three Eagles Mountain | NE 53° | 2,270 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Orvis Evans | ENE 74° | 2,266 m | 15.4 mi |
| Doris Mountain | NNE 12° | 2,257 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:52 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:24 | 15:53 | 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 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bigfork 13 S, 9 mi away.
- creeping mahonia18 obs
- American Red Squirrel9 obs
- Bald Eagle8 obs
- Saskatoon8 obs
- mallow-leaf ninebark8 obs
- Shinyleaf Meadowsweet8 obs
- spotted knapweed7 obs
- western stoneseed7 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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