Mortarstone Bluff
Mortarstone Bluff is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 684 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 684 m
How to reach it
- 26.8 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Twomile Hill: 3.3 mi
- Haystack Butte: 3.9 mi
- Flag Butte: 21.0 mi
- Sugar Top Hill: 22.8 mi
- Three Buttes: 23.6 mi
- Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker: 12.6 mi
- American Legion Park: 12.7 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 18.9 mi
- C C Recreation Complex: 19.2 mi
- Bruegger Centennial Park: 19.4 mi
- Poplar Museum: 11.4 mi
- Fort Peck Tribal Museum: 12.0 mi
- Poplar Museum: 12.3 mi
- Culbertson Museum: 20.4 mi
- Balls Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mortarstone Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Butte | SSE 160° | 835 m | 21.0 mi |
| Three Buttes | E 100° | 765 m | 23.6 mi |
| Haystack Butte | SSW 195° | 734 m | 3.9 mi |
| Sugar Top Hill | ENE 71° | 695 m | 22.8 mi |
| Twomile Hill | NNW 331° | 616 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:31 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 20:15 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:15 | 16:09 |
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 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 56 | 42 | 27 | 15 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolf Point 29 ENE, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357928770
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