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Fox

Fox from directly overhead

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. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.

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

How to reach it

Coordinates45.27690, -109.21700

Overlooks nearby

96 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 56
Parks: 21
Springs: 9
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Calamity Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Sentinel Falls: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainWSW 239°3,842 m23.6 mi
Whitetail PeakSW 234°3,821 m22.2 mi
Silver Run PeakSW 236°3,803 m19.3 mi
Castle Rock MountainWSW 240°3,785 m24.6 mi
Beartooth MountainSW 229°3,763 m22.7 mi
Bowback MountainWSW 242°3,746 m22.1 mi
Spirit MountainSW 225°3,746 m23.1 mi
Sundance MountainWSW 238°3,728 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5119:29
June solstice05:3020:2321:09
September equinox07:0518:3719:16
December solstice07:5415:4816:38

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262634414958666556443225
Precip in0.81.11.82.84.72.61.41.01.62.31.41.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Lodge, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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