Rainbow Dam
Rainbow Dam is an attraction in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 986 m. Gossack Mountain stands 1,578 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Kings Hill Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
dam in Cascade County, Montana, US
Wikidata Q7284612, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 986 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Kings Hill Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Giant Springs State Park: 1.0 mi
- Heron Park: 2.0 mi
- Graybill Park: 2.4 mi
- Pinski Park: 2.7 mi
- Black Eagle Memorial Island: 2.7 mi
- Indian Butte: 2.8 mi
- Smelter Hill: 3.1 mi
- Hill Fifty-seven: 6.1 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 9.3 mi
- Red Butte: 12.0 mi
- Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center: 1.5 mi
- Malmstrom Museum: 1.9 mi
- Cascade County Historical Society Museum: 4.1 mi
- Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art: 4.1 mi
- C. M. Russell Museum: 4.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.0 mi
- Crooked Falls: 0.4 mi
- Black Eagle Falls: 2.9 mi
- Big Falls: 4.5 mi
- Giant Springs: 1.2 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 8.2 mi
- Newman Spring: 13.4 mi
- Kid Russel & Monte: 5.0 mi
- Kid Russell and Monte Statue: 5.5 mi
- Lewis and Clark Statue: 5.6 mi
- Black Eagle Dam: 2.9 mi
- Electric City Speedway: 3.7 mi
- Montana Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- First Peoples Buffalo Jump SP: 15.4 mi
- West Side Orchard Garden: 6.8 mi
- Carter: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rainbow Dam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gossack Mountain | E 90° | 1,578 m | 23.7 mi |
| Harris Mountain | E 91° | 1,544 m | 21.9 mi |
| Belt Butte | SE 125° | 1,415 m | 18.3 mi |
| Creamery Hill | S 172° | 1,341 m | 20.1 mi |
| Blankenbaker Hill | SSE 162° | 1,322 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mahoney Hill | SSE 160° | 1,308 m | 18.7 mi |
| Forest Hill | SSE 164° | 1,287 m | 18.1 mi |
| Red Butte | S 185° | 1,271 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 18:57 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:38 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 15:44 | 16:37 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Great Falls 16st, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/41086795
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