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Deer Crossing

Deer Crossing from directly overhead

Deer Crossing is an artwork in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 752 m. Black Butte stands 882 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Geese in Flight, a artwork 2.9 miles away. Old Red Old Ten Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates46.83698, -102.57113

49 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
  • Heritage Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Hillside Park: 9.9 mi
  • Eastside Complex: 10.0 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 10.3 mi
  • Gress Park: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Bratburg Butte: 5.8 mi
  • Simon Butte: 11.2 mi
  • Seventeen Butte: 13.8 mi
  • Young Mans Butte: 15.6 mi
  • Camels Butte: 16.2 mi
Artworks: 6
Historic sites: 3
  • Remnants of Lefor State Bank: 10.8 mi
  • Veteran Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Fort Sauerkraut: 24.8 mi
Museums: 2
  • Joachim Regional Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Ukrainian Cultural Institute: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButteS 179°882 m21.9 mi
Pearl ButteS 177°860 m20.1 mi
Stony ButteS 176°859 m20.1 mi
Bull ButteSSE 157°839 m18.6 mi
White ButteSSE 151°839 m18.9 mi
Dutch Henry ButteWNW 301°838 m19.5 mi
White ButteW 265°831 m18.3 mi
Young Mans ButteE 81°829 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2319:03
June solstice04:5720:0220:49
September equinox06:3818:1018:50
December solstice07:3315:1316:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151929415362696858433018
Precip in0.40.50.71.62.63.22.71.91.71.30.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dickinson, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1207429296

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