Appistoki Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in Montana, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Appistoki Peak

| photo = Appistoki Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = Appistoki Peak from Two Medicine

| elevation_ft = 8169

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=19705|name=Appistoki Peak, Montana|accessdate=August 2, 2017}}

| prominence_ft = 497

| prominence_ref =

| location = Glacier County, Montana, U.S.

| map = Montana#USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States

| range = Lewis Range

| coordinates = {{coord|48|28|4|N|113|21|15|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=779104|name=Appistoki Peak|accessdate=August 2, 2017}}

| topo = USGS Squaw Mountain MT

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = Hike

}}

Appistoki Peak ({{convert|8169|ft|m|0}}) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Dancing Lady Mountain, MT|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=48.46749&lon=-113.35372&datum=nad83&zoom=2&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m|accessdate=August 2, 2017}} Appistoki Peak, "was named by R. T. Evans, a topographer who worked on the early map of the park. It is reported that he inquired from his Indian guide what word the Blackfeet used for "looking over something," and the guide, misunderstanding the meaning of his question, gave him the name "Appistoki," for the Indian god who looks over everything and everyone."{{cite web|publisher=National Park Service|title=Historic Place Names|url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/glac/appa.htm|accessdate=August 2, 2017}} Appistoki Peak rises on the southeast shore of Two Medicine Lake and is a short distance north of Mount Henry.