Lion Lake

Lion Lake is a reservoir in Flathead, Montana and has an elevation of 3,474 feet. Lion Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Martin City, as well as near the village Hungry Horse.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hungry Horse Dam.

Hungry Horse Dam

Dam

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Hungry Horse Dam is an arch dam in the Western United States, on the South Fork Flathead River in the Rocky Mountains of northwest Montana. It is located in Flathead National Forest in Flathead County, about fifteen miles south of the west entrance to Glacier National Park, nine miles southeast of Columbia Falls, and twenty miles northeast of Kalispell. Hungry Horse Dam is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lion Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hungry Horse.

Hungry Horse

Village

Photo: RoyalbroilAlt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Columbia Falls is a town in northwest Montana. About 5,300 people lived there in 2020. The town is only 10 miles from Kalispell and 17 miles from Glacier National Park making it incredibly popular for tourism.

Lion Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Flathead, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

48.37163° or 48° 22′ 18″ north

Longitude

-114.03595° or 114° 2′ 9″ west

Elevation

3,474 feet (1,059 metres)

Open location code

85W79XC7+MJ

GeoNames ID

5662542

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