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Cut Bank Penguin

Cut Bank Penguin from directly overhead

Cut Bank Penguin is an artwork in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,161 m. Landslide Butte stands 1,420 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Glacier Fun center, a attraction 0.1 miles away. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Height
8.2 m
Material
concrete
Getting there

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Coordinates48.62987, -112.31698
Around it

40 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Main Street City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cut Bank Sports Complex: 0.8 mi
  • Shelby - Veterans memorial flag park: 21.7 mi
  • Johnson Memorial Park: 22.1 mi
  • Shel-oole Park: 22.3 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Lookout Butte: 10.8 mi
  • Duckhead Buttes: 11.0 mi
  • Headlight Butte: 11.0 mi
  • Flag Butte: 15.8 mi
  • Rocky Buttes: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Glacier Fun center: 0.1 mi
  • The Marias Fair Grounds: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cut Bank Penguin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Landslide ButteNW 323°1,420 m24.4 mi
Horsethief RidgeWNW 302°1,403 m20.7 mi
Square ButteWNW 289°1,392 m24.4 mi
Little Crown ButteWNW 297°1,390 m21.6 mi
Antelope ButteWNW 297°1,364 m18.8 mi
Rimrock ButteWNW 285°1,317 m21.6 mi
Chalk ButteNW 316°1,316 m21.2 mi
Love RockNNW 331°1,304 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0119:42
June solstice05:2720:4621:36
September equinox07:1718:4819:29
December solstice08:2015:4216:36

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331405058656454423123
Precip in0.20.20.41.01.72.71.31.01.10.60.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — CUT Bank AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/12457805948

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