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[4] [3] The second table below ranks the 50 most prominent summits of Montana. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [5] The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of Montana.
Montana: Flathead River. Northwestern Montana's 158-mile Flathead River originates near Glacier National Park, which might give you some idea of the scenery: jagged peaks, tall pines, crystaline ...
Relief map of Montana. The state's topography is roughly defined by the Continental Divide, which splits much of the state into distinct eastern and western regions. [4] Most of Montana's hundred or more named mountain ranges are in the state's western half, most of which is geologically and geographically part of the northern Rocky Mountains.
The Swan Range is a mountain range in western Montana in the United States. [1] Its peaks typically rise to around 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m). The range is bounded by the South Fork Flathead River to the east, the Flathead River to the north and northwest, the Swan River to the west, and lie to the southwest of Glacier National Park, just south of the Canada–US border.
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In 1964, Montana's Senator Mike Mansfield requested the National Park Service study the area's potential as a national park. The park service declined to pursue the idea. [ 1 ] The name is derived from the town and its copper mining company and from Charles and Katie Pintler, homesteaders who in 1885 settled along Pintler Creek between the Big ...
When you think of beautiful places in the South, images of moss-draped oaks in Georgia, or colorful row houses in South Carolina, dramatic Smoky Mountain vistas, or the Gulf coast’s powder white ...
The Gallatin Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains, located in the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming. It includes more than 10 mountains over 10,000 feet (3,000 m). [ 1 ] The highest peak in the range is Electric Peak at 10,969 feet (3,343 m).