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Mondak

Mondak from directly overhead

Mondak is a ghost town in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 632 m. Snake Butte stands 804 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Union Trading Post, a historic site 1.5 miles away. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

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

What the record says

Founded
1903

How to reach it

Coordinates48.02030, -104.04700

44 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 20
  • Sharbano Park: 11.3 mi
  • Sundheim Park: 11.6 mi
  • Richland Park: 18.3 mi
  • Cote Park: 20.4 mi
  • Recreation Park: 21.3 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Antelope Butte: 8.9 mi
  • Crow Fly High Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Bull Butte: 15.3 mi
  • Three Buttes: 17.5 mi
  • Snake Butte: 17.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • GN 3059: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake ButteNNW804 m17.6 mi
Blue HillWSW801 m17.9 mi
Lone ButteWSW784 m21.7 mi
Three ButtesW765 m17.5 mi
Clay ButteNNW739 m19.4 mi
Ragged ButteESE730 m21.6 mi
Antelope ButteWSW728 m8.9 mi
A ButteSE715 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2819:09
June solstice04:5720:1121:00
September equinox06:4418:1518:56
December solstice07:4415:1216:06

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445664717060463018
Precip in0.40.30.51.12.12.82.51.71.41.00.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williston EXP Farm, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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