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Frontier Village

Frontier Village from directly overhead

Frontier Village is an attraction in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 449 m. Terpena Hill stands 592 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is National Buffalo Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Chan SanSan Scenic Backway passes 19 miles off. 27 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
449 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.88960, -98.70063

27 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 18
  • McElroy Park: 0.4 mi
  • Anton Klaus Park: 1.3 mi
  • Zonta Park: 1.4 mi
  • Solein-Denault Park: 1.5 mi
  • Meidinger Park: 1.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • National Buffalo Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Stutsman County Memorial Museum - Lutz Mansion: 1.1 mi
  • Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum: 22.4 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Mount Pleasant: 18.6 mi
  • Terpena Hill: 19.9 mi
  • Round Top: 22.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • World's Largest Buffalo: 0.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Terpena HillW 272°592 m19.9 mi
Round TopNW 316°587 m22.9 mi
Mount PleasantWSW 249°580 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0719:47
June solstice05:4120:4621:34
September equinox07:2218:5419:34
December solstice08:1815:5816:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91426415565706859442816
Precip in0.50.50.71.23.43.63.62.32.21.90.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown State Hosp, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/151769210

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