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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. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

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

The record

What the record says

Founded
1903
Getting there

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Coordinates48.02030, -104.04700
Around it

73 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 25
Parks: 24
  • Snowden Bridge Historical Marker: 8.5 mi
  • Fort Union Historical Marker: 10.7 mi
  • Sharbano Park: 11.3 mi
  • Sundheim Park: 11.6 mi
  • Old Fort Gilbert Historical Marker: 16.3 mi
Peaks: 14
  • 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
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1
  • GN 3059: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

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 ButteNNW 342°804 m17.6 mi
Blue HillWSW 255°801 m17.9 mi
Bull ButteN 2°785 m21.9 mi
Lone ButteWSW 244°784 m21.7 mi
Three ButtesW 273°765 m17.5 mi
Clay ButteNNW 334°739 m19.4 mi
Ragged ButteESE 120°730 m21.6 mi
Antelope ButteWSW 257°728 m8.9 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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