Appistoki Peak
Appistoki Peak rises to 2,482 m in Montana. Rising Wolf Mountain stands 2,899 m to the northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Aster falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Appistoki Peak (8,169 feet (2,490 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Appistoki Peak, "was named by R. T. Evans, a topographer who worked on the early map of the park. It is reported that he inquired from his Indian guide what word the Blackfeet used for "looking over something," and the guide, misunderstanding the meaning of his question, gave him the name "Appistoki," for the Indian god who looks over everything and everyone." Appistoki Peak rises on the southeast shore of Two Medicine Lake and is a short distance north of Mount Henry.
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Wikidata Q4781091, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,482 m
How to reach it
85 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Henry: 1.1 mi
- 7277 ft: 1.2 mi
- Medicine: 1.3 mi
- 7643 ft: 1.3 mi
- Never Laughs Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Aster falls: 1.0 mi
- Appistoki Falls: 1.0 mi
- Running Eagle Falls: 2.1 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 2.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.4 mi
- All Chief's Park: 16.8 mi
- Blackfeet Park: 17.1 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 21.8 mi
- Beaver Slide: 20.8 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 22.0 mi
- McCarthyville: 14.2 mi
- Museum of the Plains Indian: 16.4 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 16.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Appistoki Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Wolf Mountain | NW 305° | 2,899 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Phillips | W 275° | 2,894 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Rockwell | WSW 249° | 2,862 m | 4.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | NW 326° | 2,856 m | 5.7 mi |
| Flinsch Peak | WNW 292° | 2,809 m | 5.5 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | SSW 213° | 2,755 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Henry | SSE 154° | 2,682 m | 1.1 mi |
| Summit Mountain | S 185° | 2,673 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:50 | 21:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:23 | 15:47 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Glacier, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 779104 — Appistoki Peak, Glacier County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357932587
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