The Fishing Kids
The Fishing Kids is an artwork in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 968 m. Sweeney Peak stands 2,795 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is McCormick Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2007
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 25.6 mi off the Garnet Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- McCormick Park: 0.1 mi
- Ogren Park: 0.1 mi
- Silver Park: 0.3 mi
- West Broadway Island Natural Area: 0.3 mi
- Clark Fork Natural Park: 0.4 mi
- Waterworks Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Jumbo: 2.4 mi
- Mount Sentinel: 2.4 mi
- Ginny Mountain: 3.8 mi
- University Mountain: 3.8 mi
- The X’s: 0.7 mi
- Grizzly Gate: 1.0 mi
- Captain John Mullan: 5.7 mi
- The Eight Stupas: 22.3 mi
- Buddha Maitreya: 22.4 mi
- Roosevelt: 0.5 mi
- Capt. John Mullan: 0.7 mi
- Korean Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Garden City Monument Services: 1.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- 2nd St Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Water Wise Garden: 0.6 mi
- Milwaukee Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Northside Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.3 mi
- Montana Natural History Center / Five Valleys Land Trust: 0.1 mi
- E3 Convergance Gallery: 0.4 mi
- Missoula Art Museum: 0.6 mi
- Arts Missoula: 0.7 mi
- Montana Museum of Art and Culture: 1.1 mi
- The M: 1.7 mi
- The L: 1.7 mi
- Library Car: 3.4 mi
- “Galloping Goose” Crummy: 3.4 mi
- KettleHouse Amphitheater: 6.8 mi
- Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 11.8 mi
- Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 21.7 mi
- Grand Menard Picnic Site: 23.4 mi
- MPG Ranch: 12.7 mi
- Rock Creek Confluence: 18.9 mi
- Hell Gate: 3.9 mi
- Blue Slide: 8.6 mi
- Colma Spring: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of The Fishing Kids. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeney Peak | SSW 213° | 2,795 m | 18.6 mi |
| Lolo Peak | SW 220° | 2,786 m | 17.8 mi |
| Pyramid Buttes | SW 215° | 2,693 m | 20.7 mi |
| McLeod Peak | NNE 14° | 2,631 m | 15.9 mi |
| Murphy Peak | N 6° | 2,488 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mosquito Peak | NNE 16° | 2,444 m | 12.1 mi |
| Point Six | N 4° | 2,420 m | 11.7 mi |
| Stuart Peak | NNE 23° | 2,398 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:48 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 15:59 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Missoula 2 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12757668109
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