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Elk Antler Pile

Elk Antler Pile from directly overhead

Elk Antler Pile is an artwork in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 809 m. McDonald Peak stands 2,983 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is CSKT Bison Range, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. St. Regis-Paradise Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

What the record says

Material
antlers

How to reach it

Coordinates47.36711, -114.25515

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • TV Point: 2.9 mi
  • Wild Horse Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Elk Point: 3.4 mi
  • Communion Butte: 3.9 mi
  • Red Sleep Mountain: 4.1 mi
Parks: 21
  • Flathead Reservation Historical Marker: 6.9 mi
  • Mission Valley Historical Marker: 7.4 mi
  • Taelman Park: 8.0 mi
  • Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge: 8.1 mi
  • Mission Mountain Wilderness Historical Marker: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Statue of the Sacred Heart: 8.0 mi
  • Prayer Flag Mound: 14.3 mi
  • Mani Wheel Mandala: 14.3 mi
  • Buddha Marmay Dze: 14.3 mi
  • Nubchen Sangye Yeshe: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Mission Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Mud Creek Falls: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Ninepipes Picnic Pullout: 8.9 mi
  • Grand Menard Picnic Site: 21.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village: 22.6 mi
  • F: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Dixon Train Station (Abandoned and Demolished in 2013): 4.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Giant Spring: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Elk Antler Pile. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McDonald PeakE 86°2,983 m15.8 mi
East Saint Marys PeakESE 105°2,867 m16.7 mi
West McDonald PeakE 86°2,861 m15.5 mi
Lowary PeakESE 103°2,858 m17.0 mi
West Saint Marys PeakESE 105°2,846 m16.2 mi
Peak YESE 102°2,840 m16.8 mi
Glacier PeaksE 92°2,827 m16.7 mi
Mountaineer PeakE 96°2,807 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:0919:50
June solstice05:4120:5021:38
September equinox07:2518:5619:37
December solstice08:2215:5716:50

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303139475561696859473630
Precip in0.91.20.91.82.32.61.01.21.51.31.10.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Ignatius, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/708662118

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