Fox
Fox is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,532 m. Castle Mountain stands 3,842 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal Miners Park, a park 5.6 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 6.5 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
human settlement in Carbon County, Montana, United States of America
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 18 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 19 mi
91 named places within 25 miles
- The Big Slide: 6.1 mi
- Church Hill: 7.0 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 9.6 mi
- Nichols Peak: 9.9 mi
- Towne Point: 10.4 mi
- Coal Miners Park: 5.6 mi
- Lions Park: 6.1 mi
- Roberts Community Park: 6.2 mi
- Field School Park: 6.3 mi
- Pride Park: 6.4 mi
- Cherry Spring: 9.4 mi
- Chappel Spring: 9.9 mi
- Corner Spring: 16.8 mi
- Three Corner Spring: 17.8 mi
- Poison Spring: 18.0 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 8.1 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Countrymans Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Firemans Point: 24.2 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 6.2 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 17.1 mi
- Calamity Falls: 16.8 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 17.3 mi
- Washoe: 7.8 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fox. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | WSW 239° | 3,842 m | 23.6 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | SW 234° | 3,821 m | 22.2 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | SW 236° | 3,803 m | 19.3 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | WSW 240° | 3,785 m | 24.6 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | SW 229° | 3,763 m | 22.7 mi |
| Bowback Mountain | WSW 242° | 3,746 m | 22.1 mi |
| Spirit Mountain | SW 225° | 3,746 m | 23.1 mi |
| Sundance Mountain | WSW 238° | 3,728 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:51 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:23 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:48 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Lodge, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
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