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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pinnacle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinnacle and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Pinnacle:
    • 48.356075, -113.653162
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Pinnacle
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Flathead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Flathead County
    • Since Pinnacle is near Glacier County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Glacier County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Pinnacle

Communities Also Named Pinnacle ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Pinnacle.

Within Montana, the name Pinnacle is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cullman County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pinnacle [Cullman County].
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Pinnacle is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Pinnacle that is located in Flathead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Pinnacle.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Pinnacle [San Bernardino County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lee County
      • This Pinnacle is located in Lee County and lies 1,665 miles [2,679.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Pinnacle that is located in Flathead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Pinnacle.
    • New York
      • Fulton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pinnacle [Fulton County].
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pinnacle [Buncombe County].
      • Stokes County
      • This Pinnacle is located in Stokes County and lies 1,868 miles [3,006.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Pinnacle that is located in Flathead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stokes County community of Pinnacle.
    • Tennessee
      • Cheatham County
      • This Pinnacle is located in Cheatham County and lies 1,583 miles [2,547.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Pinnacle that is located in Flathead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheatham County community of Pinnacle.
      • Sevier County
      • This Pinnacle is located in Sevier County and lies 1,761 miles [2,834.1 km] to the east southeast of the Pinnacle that is located in Flathead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Pinnacle.
    • Texas
      • Upshur County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pinnacle [Upshur County].
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pinnacle [Patrick County].
    • West Virginia
      • Wyoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Pinnacle [Wyoming County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinnacle ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bison is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
  • Blacktail
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Blacktail is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
  • Crystal Ford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Ford is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Ford
  • False Summit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • False Summit is located in Glacier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Summit
  • Hungry Horse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Martin City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Nimrod
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Nimrod is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
  • Singleshot
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Singleshot is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleshot
  • Snowslip
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Snowslip is located in Flathead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowslip

How Far From Pinnacle to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pinnacle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinnacle and extending to:

  • Kalispell, which is the Seat of Flathead County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pinnacle to Kalispell, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 110 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,339 miles [11,811 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,387 miles [8,669.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Pinnacle could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pinnacle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Pinnacle to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinnacle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3561, Longitude: -113.6532       In this case, the coordinates for Pinnacle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.83 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.338 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.068 degrees.