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Louisville

Louisville from directly overhead

Louisville is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,263 m. Crow Peak stands 2,861 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Butte, a peak 4.5 miles away.

American ghost town in Montana, United States

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Coordinates46.56270, -111.79580
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Eastgate Village Park: 4.9 mi
  • Mahogany Cove Day Use Site: 6.0 mi
  • Main Street Park: 6.2 mi
  • Chalet: 6.2 mi
  • Kennedy Park: 6.3 mi
Historic sites: 12
Gardens: 8
Museums: 8
Springs: 7
  • Spring Gulch Water Source: 6.2 mi
  • Elkhorn Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Bomar Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Swamp Creek Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Two Sam Spring: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 7
Attractions: 4
  • Lorelei day use area: 5.6 mi
  • Fish Hawk Day use Area: 6.1 mi
  • Great Northern Carousel: 11.7 mi
  • Townsend Fairgrounds: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Lewis and Clark Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Lewis Clark picnic: 5.5 mi
  • Tenmile Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Louisville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crow PeakSSW 196°2,861 m19.3 mi
Elkhorn PeakSSW 199°2,855 m18.6 mi
Windy PointSSW 200°2,751 m18.8 mi
Boulder MountainE 93°2,680 m21.2 mi
Casey PeakS 187°2,588 m9.3 mi
High PeakS 190°2,585 m10.5 mi
Bullock HillSSW 197°2,413 m15.2 mi
Hogback MountainNNE 12°2,381 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0019:40
June solstice05:3520:3821:25
September equinox07:1518:4719:27
December solstice08:0915:5216:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232736455462716959463323
Precip in0.40.40.51.01.92.21.11.01.00.80.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Helena AP Asos, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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