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Rocky Reef

Rocky Reef, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Reef is a cliff in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,102 m. Mount Cecelia stands 1,869 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Floweree Butte, a peak 4.3 miles away. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1102 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.52245, -111.85860
Around it

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
  • Floweree Butte: 4.3 mi
  • Shaw Butte: 4.5 mi
  • Crown Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Square Butte: 7.6 mi
  • Iron Hill: 9.2 mi
Parks: 26
  • Fairfield City Park: 8.6 mi
  • First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park: 15.5 mi
  • North Park River Access Site: 18.4 mi
  • Railroad Park North: 18.9 mi
  • Railroad Park South: 18.9 mi
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Newman Spring: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • West Side Orchard Garden: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rocky Reef. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CeceliaS 178°1,869 m18.4 mi
Sawmill PeakS 184°1,858 m20.0 mi
Telegraph MountainS 187°1,769 m18.0 mi
Skull ButteS 181°1,726 m16.1 mi
Sullivan HillSSW 204°1,671 m17.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainS 185°1,651 m24.7 mi
Finigan MountainS 172°1,641 m20.2 mi
Black ButteS 183°1,609 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0019:40
June solstice05:3120:4121:29
September equinox07:1518:4719:27
December solstice08:1315:4716:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252633425158666456443325
Precip in0.40.50.61.72.22.71.11.01.30.90.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SUN RVR 4 S, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357930125

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