Ghost town · Montana
Mossmain
Mossmain is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 998 m. Stratford Hill stands 1,514 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fir Field, a park 2.1 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates45.68470, -108.71100
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fir Field: 2.1 mi
- Nutting Park: 2.5 mi
- Sundance Lodge Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Thompson Park: 2.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks: 11
- Round Butte: 8.6 mi
- Square Butte: 8.8 mi
- Miller Butte: 11.6 mi
- McCormick Hill: 12.6 mi
- Stratford Hill: 12.7 mi
Springs: 9
- Shearing Pen Spring: 14.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 15.1 mi
- Wiig Spring: 18.6 mi
- Poison Spring: 20.4 mi
- Mud Spring: 21.7 mi
Museums: 8
- Moss Mansion Museum: 11.5 mi
- Peter Yegen Jr. Yellowstone County Museum: 11.7 mi
- Wise Wonders: 11.8 mi
- Western Heritage Center: 11.9 mi
- Yellowstone Art Museum: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Canyon Creek Battlefield Monument: 7.5 mi
- Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone: 10.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Place Where the White Horse Went Down Historical Marker: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Rimrocks: 10.3 mi
- Sacrifice Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Skeleton Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Countrymans Bluff: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Rimrock: 8.1 mi
- Coulson: 13.3 mi
- Wheat Basin: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Shiloh Conservation Area: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 1
- Amend Park Community Garden: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 1
- Ghost Cave: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 1
- Billings Motorsports Park: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mossmain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford Hill | SSE 155° | 1,514 m | 12.7 mi |
| Antelope Point | WNW 292° | 1,391 m | 20.6 mi |
| McCormick Hill | SE 143° | 1,363 m | 12.6 mi |
| Horse Butte | W 268° | 1,309 m | 18.7 mi |
| Youngs Point | WSW 247° | 1,245 m | 15.0 mi |
| Round Butte | SSW 196° | 1,241 m | 8.6 mi |
| Harris Hill | SW 227° | 1,241 m | 14.0 mi |
| Miller Butte | W 268° | 1,218 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:23 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:44 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Billings WFO, 8 mi away.
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