Bensons Bluff
Bensons Bluff is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,164 m. Nellies Twin Buttes stands 1,811 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Firemans Point, a cliff 1.7 miles away. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1164 m
How to reach it
57 named places within 25 miles
- Huntley Butte: 6.2 mi
- Wash Bowl Butte: 6.4 mi
- Pershing Hill: 7.4 mi
- Pershing Hill: 8.1 mi
- Warner Hill: 9.3 mi
- Park Avenue Park: 2.7 mi
- Columbus Historical Marker: 2.8 mi
- Park City Historical Marker: 2.8 mi
- Granite Peak Park: 2.8 mi
- Itch-Kep-Pe Park: 2.9 mi
- Dahl Spring: 12.2 mi
- Shearing Pen Spring: 15.6 mi
- Poison Spring: 15.6 mi
- Wiig Spring: 17.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 19.8 mi
- Firemans Point: 1.7 mi
- Countrymans Bluff: 5.6 mi
- The Greycliffs: 21.7 mi
- Museum of the Beartooths: 2.8 mi
- Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone: 18.9 mi
- BLM: 22.7 mi
- Wheat Basin: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bensons Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellies Twin Buttes | SW 222° | 1,811 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mud Butte | WSW 251° | 1,695 m | 21.8 mi |
| Beehive Rock | WSW 242° | 1,643 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cow Face Hill | W 259° | 1,618 m | 17.6 mi |
| Lone Indian Butte | NW 312° | 1,575 m | 22.4 mi |
| Choo-heh-meen Hills | NW 305° | 1,540 m | 21.8 mi |
| Stephens Hill | NW 317° | 1,502 m | 18.8 mi |
| Yancey Hill | SSW 205° | 1,468 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:51 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:47 | 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 | 23 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357923914
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