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Dogtooth

Dogtooth from directly overhead

Dogtooth is a ghost town in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 717 m. Spring Hill stands 763 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Roadside Park, a park 4.2 miles away. Old Red Old Ten Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

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Coordinates46.39390, -101.34700
Around it

35 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
  • Whiskey Buttes: 6.0 mi
  • Antelope Hills: 8.0 mi
  • Cookout Butte: 9.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Long Butte: 9.5 mi
Parks: 5
  • Roadside Park: 4.2 mi
  • Lake Patricia State Game Management Area: 9.2 mi
  • Otter Creek State Game Management Area: 11.1 mi
  • Froelich Dam State Game Management Area: 23.5 mi
  • Sheep Creek Dam State Recreation Area: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spring HillW 261°763 m16.2 mi
Antelope HillsSSW 213°744 m8.0 mi
Russell ButteSW 230°743 m21.9 mi
Blind Johnny HillSW 232°738 m23.4 mi
Cookout ButteWNW 300°733 m9.1 mi
Medicine RockWSW 252°725 m22.2 mi
Smokey ButteS 184°721 m24.7 mi
Carson HillWNW 284°717 m10.2 mi
Conditions

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Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1818:58
June solstice04:5419:5520:42
September equinox06:3318:0518:45
December solstice07:2715:1116:02

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131829435565716959443018
Precip in0.60.70.91.32.53.03.02.21.61.30.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flasher, 8 mi away.

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