Pinnacle, MT

Pinnacle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana, United States. Pinnacle is in the eastern part of the county, along U.S. Route 2 in the valley of the Middle Fork Flathead River. Pinnacle is 6 miles north of Essex and 20 miles southeast of West Glacier. The through line in Pinnacle is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Pinnacle makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The community is bordered to the east, across the Middle Fork, by Glacier National Park, and to the west by Flathead National Forest. Pinnacle was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.