Cliff · Montana
Rigler Bluffs
Rigler Bluffs is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,578 m. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the south-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellowstone Hot Springs, a attraction 1.0 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1578 m
How to reach it
Coordinates45.12660, -110.79855
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Cinnabar Mountain: 1.6 mi
- High Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Sphinx Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Deaf Jim Knob: 5.2 mi
Springs: 10
- Palette Spring: 11.6 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 11.8 mi
- New Blue Spring: 11.8 mi
- Cupid Spring: 11.8 mi
- Dryad Springs: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 8
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 1.0 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 8.0 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 8.1 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 11.7 mi
- Osprey Falls: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Dick Randall Point: 1.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 2.4 mi
- Point of Rocks: 9.4 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 21.4 mi
Parks: 6
- Arch Park: 8.0 mi
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 11.8 mi
- Emigrant Gulch Historical Marker: 14.6 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 18.0 mi
- Willow Park: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Rustic Falls: 13.8 mi
- Undine Falls: 14.8 mi
- Wraith Falls: 15.7 mi
- Passage Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 1
- Aldridge: 3.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Rigler Bluffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | SSW 193° | 3,341 m | 8.6 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | NNE 25° | 3,327 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Wallace | ENE 73° | 3,240 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | E 101° | 3,189 m | 4.8 mi |
| Joseph Peak | SSW 200° | 3,176 m | 12.3 mi |
| Monitor Peak | ENE 72° | 3,168 m | 8.0 mi |
| Gray Peak | SSW 198° | 3,139 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SSW 193° | 3,137 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:29 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:55 | 16:45 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357959018
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