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Garnet

Garnet from directly overhead

Garnet is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,800 m. Sliderock Mountain stands 2,374 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Garnet Ghost Town, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

human settlement in Montana, United States of America

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Coordinates46.82530, -113.33900
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Anaconda Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Anderson Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Nineteen ten Ridge: 1.5 mi
  • Union Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Elevation Mountain: 4.1 mi
Parks: 17
  • Bearmouth Historical Marker: 8.5 mi
  • Big Blackfoot Railroad Historical Marker: 12.2 mi
  • Beavertail Hill State Park: 13.4 mi
  • Thibodeau Campground: 15.3 mi
  • Welcome Creek Wilderness Historical Marker: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Bearmouth Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Lodgepole Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Colma Spring: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Museums: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Garnet Ghost Town: 0.0 mi
  • American Legion Rodeo Grounds: 14.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Nimrod Warm Springs: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Garnet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sliderock MountainSSW 212°2,374 m19.3 mi
Devil MountainESE 104°2,256 m21.4 mi
Hoodoo MountainE 97°2,195 m20.9 mi
Elevation MountainENE 64°2,149 m4.1 mi
Saddle MountainESE 123°2,137 m18.5 mi
Mount BaldySSW 213°2,111 m7.2 mi
Granite MountainNE 40°2,101 m10.1 mi
Solomon MountainSW 231°2,101 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0619:46
June solstice05:4020:4521:32
September equinox07:2118:5319:33
December solstice08:1615:5616:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192232394755616052392819
Precip in1.41.00.81.11.92.20.80.60.91.51.61.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Potomac, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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