Iron Bluffs
Iron Bluffs is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 705 m. Blue Mountain stands 904 m to the southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 705 m
How to reach it
110 named places within 25 miles
- State Trust: 2.8 mi
- BLM: 4.5 mi
- BLM: 4.8 mi
- State Trust: 4.8 mi
- BLM: 5.2 mi
- Makoshika State Park: 3.5 mi
- Whipkey Park: 6.9 mi
- Babe Ruth Field: 6.9 mi
- Firefighter Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Windham SQ park: 7.5 mi
- Blue Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Hungry Joe: 6.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 9.4 mi
- Bryants Buttes: 9.7 mi
- Custers Lookout: 12.0 mi
- Rock Bridge: 3.7 mi
- Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 7.7 mi
- Dawson County Fairgrounds: 9.3 mi
- Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 22.7 mi
- Frontier Gateway Museum: 8.7 mi
- Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum: 8.7 mi
- Pierre Wibaux County Museum: 22.7 mi
- Gateway Museum: 22.7 mi
- Barrs Bluffs: 19.4 mi
- Sheepshead Bluffs: 24.4 mi
- Pierre Wibaux: 22.1 mi
- Wibaux Settler Monument: 23.1 mi
- Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 4.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iron Bluffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | SE 130° | 904 m | 4.6 mi |
| Baird Butte | ESE 107° | 899 m | 23.7 mi |
| Rocking Chair Butte | SSE 154° | 875 m | 24.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSE 166° | 868 m | 15.9 mi |
| Four Buttes | ENE 72° | 864 m | 23.1 mi |
| Horse Point | ESE 117° | 862 m | 24.4 mi |
| Graveyard Hill | SSE 157° | 822 m | 17.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Butte | SSE 159° | 817 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:11 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:21 | 16:13 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 48 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357963837
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