Gunsight Lake
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Gunsight Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

. The lake is surrounded by high peaks including Fusillade Mountain
Fusillade Mountain
Fusillade Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Fusillade Mountain lies immediately north of Gunsight Lake at the western terminus of the St. Mary Valley and can be seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road....

 to the north and Gunsight Mountain
Gunsight Mountain (Montana)
Gunsight Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Gunsight Mountain is immediately south of Sperry Glacier....

 to the west. Mount Jackson
Mount Jackson (Montana)
Mount Jackson is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Jackson is the fourth tallest mountain in Glacier National Park and it is situated on the Continental Divide. Both the mountain and its namesake Jackson Glacier are easily seen from the...

rises more than 4700 feet (1,432.6 m) above Gunsight Lake to the south.


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