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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.
The Mission Mountains or Mission Range are a range of the Rocky Mountains located in northwestern Montana in the United States. They lie chiefly in Lake County and Missoula County and are south and east of Flathead Lake and west of the Swan Range. On the east side of the range is the Swan River Valley and on the west side the Mission Valley.
Charlotte Peak is located in the Swan Range, a subset of the Rocky Mountains. It is situated in the Bob Marshall Wilderness , on land managed by Flathead National Forest . Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to Big Salmon Lake and the South Fork Flathead River .
Elevations range from 3,066 feet (935 m) on Swan Lake to 7,218 feet (2,200 m) at the summit of Con Kelly Mountain in the Swan Range. Montana Highway 83 runs through the community close to the shore of Swan Lake; it leads northwest 20 miles (32 km) to Montana Highway 35 north of Bigfork and south 71 miles (114 km) to Montana Highway 200 at ...
Little Cobbler Mountain (North Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation 1,447 ft (441 m) Big Cobbler Mountain (South Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation 1,562 ft (476 m) 38°50′19″N 77°57′10″W / 38.8387°N 77.9528°W / 38.8387; -77.9528 ( Big Cobbler Mountain (South Cobbler Mountain
The boundary line between Itasca, Saint Louis and Aitkin counties is near Swan River. Swan River is located 19 miles southeast of Grand Rapids, 17 miles northwest of Floodwood and 57 miles northwest of Duluth. ZIP codes 55784 (Swan River), 55793 (Warba), and 55736 (Floodwood) all meet near Swan River.
On an 1884 Rand McNally map, the Swan River and Swan Lake are referred to as the Sweatinghouse River and the Sweatinghouse Lake. However, by 1895, most maps had adopted Swan, a name apparently proposed by early English hunters in the area and acknowledged by the locals, according to Ken Wolf’s 1980 Montana Magazine article “History of the Swan Valley.” [4] Henry Coale quoted a local 1914 ...
Ovals show approximate location of mountain ranges. Abbreviations are as follows: Alex – Alexander Hills; AM – Alvord Mountain; Am – Amargosa Range; Arg – Argus Range; Avawatz Mtns; Ba - Bartlett Mtns; Be - Beale Mtns; Bigho - Bighorn Mtns; Bla - Black Hills; BM - Black Mtns; Bristol Mtns; Bullion Mtns; Cady Mtns; Calico Mtns; Calu - Calumet Mtns; Cas - Castle Mtns; CH - Chino Hills ...