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Bearmouth

Bearmouth from directly overhead

Bearmouth is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,159 m. Black Pine Ridge stands 2,418 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bearmouth Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound, a rest area 0.6 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

human settlement in Granite County, Montana, United States of America

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Coordinates46.71028, -113.33139
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Baldy: 4.6 mi
  • Medicine Tree Hill: 6.5 mi
  • King Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • Harvey Point: 7.3 mi
  • Union Peak: 7.5 mi
Parks: 12
  • Bearmouth Historical Marker: 0.7 mi
  • Southern Flint Creek Valley Historical Marker: 11.0 mi
  • Beavertail Hill State Park: 11.6 mi
  • Welcome Creek Wilderness Historical Marker: 14.5 mi
  • Jackson Park: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Bearmouth Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Lodgepole Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Colma Spring: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Garnet Ghost Town: 7.9 mi
  • American Legion Rodeo Grounds: 9.3 mi
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Nimrod Warm Springs: 5.9 mi
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Historic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Bearmouth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Pine RidgeSSW 196°2,418 m20.7 mi
Mount PrincetonSSE 152°2,408 m20.4 mi
Silver King MountainSSW 203°2,392 m15.3 mi
Sliderock MountainSW 232°2,374 m13.5 mi
Devil MountainE 83°2,256 m20.6 mi
Spink PointSW 230°2,215 m17.2 mi
Hoodoo MountainENE 75°2,195 m21.1 mi
Henderson MountainS 178°2,164 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0619:46
June solstice05:4020:4421:32
September equinox07:2118:5319:33
December solstice08:1615:5716:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232635435158656456443022
Precip in0.60.80.80.91.82.00.90.80.90.90.90.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Drummond Aviation, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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