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Sowers Bluff

Sowers Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Sowers Bluff is a cliff in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 657 m. Snake Butte stands 804 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Barr Butte, a peak 4.1 miles away. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
657 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.54003, -103.98021
Around it

30 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 15
Peaks: 8
  • Barr Butte: 4.1 mi
  • Brush Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Bull Butte: 14.2 mi
  • Umbrights Hill: 19.1 mi
  • Indian Hill: 19.2 mi
Parks: 7
  • Sunset Park: 5.7 mi
  • Brush Lake State Park: 7.4 mi
  • Writing Rock Park: 17.5 mi
  • Onstad Park: 22.9 mi
  • Noelle Meyer Memorial Park: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake ButteSSW 204°804 m21.0 mi
Bull ButteS 190°785 m14.2 mi
Clay ButteSSW 212°739 m21.8 mi
Barr ButteENE 70°696 m4.1 mi
Smoky ButteENE 64°673 m21.2 mi
Brush MountainSW 226°672 m6.6 mi
Indian HillENE 74°662 m19.2 mi
Umbrights HillW 261°607 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2719:09
June solstice04:5520:1321:02
September equinox06:4318:1418:56
December solstice07:4615:0916:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111528425463696857422716
Precip in0.30.20.40.92.42.92.61.51.20.90.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medicine Lake 3 SE, 22 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357762152

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