Ghost town · Montana
Aldridge
Aldridge is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 2,237 m. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the southwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Devils Slide, a cliff 2.2 miles away.
ghost town in Montana, USA
What the record says
- Founded
- 1901
How to reach it
Coordinates45.08722, -110.75500
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Cinnabar Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Deaf Jim Knob: 4.8 mi
- Hanlon Hill: 5.6 mi
- High Mountain: 6.4 mi
Springs: 31
- Palette Spring: 8.3 mi
- New Blue Spring: 8.5 mi
- Cupid Spring: 8.5 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 8.6 mi
- Dryad Springs: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 10
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 2.6 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 4.6 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 4.7 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 8.4 mi
- Osprey Falls: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Devils Slide: 2.2 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 3.5 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 4.0 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Point of Rocks: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Rustic Falls: 10.7 mi
- Undine Falls: 11.4 mi
- Wraith Falls: 12.2 mi
- Passage Falls: 16.5 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 20.5 mi
Hot springs: 5
- Bijah Springs: 22.6 mi
- Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 23.1 mi
- Roadside Spring East (MNCNN031): 23.1 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 23.2 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 23.2 mi
Parks: 4
- Arch Park: 4.5 mi
- Willow Park: 15.3 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 20.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Museums: 1
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Aldridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | SW 215° | 3,341 m | 7.0 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | N 11° | 3,327 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Wallace | ENE 62° | 3,240 m | 16.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 56° | 3,189 m | 3.2 mi |
| Joseph Peak | SW 216° | 3,176 m | 10.9 mi |
| Monitor Peak | NE 47° | 3,168 m | 7.5 mi |
| Gray Peak | SSW 212° | 3,139 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SSW 203° | 3,137 m | 14.7 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 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:56 | 16:44 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 4 mi
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