Gunsight Mountain (Montana)

Gunsight Mountain
Gunsight Mountain at sunset
Highest point
Elevation9,263 ft (2,823 m)[1]
Prominence2,312 ft (705 m)[1]
Coordinates48°36′53″N 113°46′06″W / 48.61472°N 113.76833°W / 48.61472; -113.76833[2]
Geography
Gunsight Mountain is located in Montana
Gunsight Mountain
Gunsight Mountain
Location in Montana
Gunsight Mountain is located in the United States
Gunsight Mountain
Gunsight Mountain
Location in the United States
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyFlathead
Protected areaGlacier National Park
Parent rangeLewis Range
Topo mapUSGS Lake McDonald East
Climbing
First ascentLyman Sperry (1905)[3]

Gunsight Mountain (9,263 feet (2,823 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[4] Gunsight Mountain is named after the adjacent Gunsight Pass, which was named by George Bird Grinnell in 1891.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Gunsight Mountain, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Gunsight Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Gunsight Mountain (MT)". SummitPost. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Lake McDonald East, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "Historic Place Names". National Park Service. Retrieved July 28, 2017.