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Omemee

Omemee from directly overhead

Omemee is a ghost town in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 461 m. Boundary Butte stands 765 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tommy Turtle, a artwork 8.7 miles away. Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

human settlement in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States of America

What the record says

Founded
1887

How to reach it

Coordinates48.70639, -100.35500

46 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Tommy Turtle Park: 8.8 mi
  • Lords Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 8.9 mi
  • Forestry Park: 9.4 mi
  • Butte Saint Paul Historic Site: 12.5 mi
  • Turtle Mountain State Recreational Forest: 14.2 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Tommy Turtle: 8.7 mi
  • Sunflower Mural: 9.2 mi
  • Statue of Pierre Bottineau: 9.4 mi
  • W'eel Turtle: 15.1 mi
  • Mystical Horizons Sign: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Historic sites: 5
  • San Haven Sanitorium: 16.8 mi
  • Border Marker: 24.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 24.2 mi
  • Peace Poles: 24.4 mi
  • Grand Opening Marker: 24.4 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Butte Saint Paul: 12.4 mi
  • Boundary Butte: 20.5 mi
  • Turtle Mountain: 22.6 mi
  • Turtle Mountain: 24.2 mi
Museums: 2
  • North American Game Warden Museum: 23.7 mi
  • Interpretive Centre and Conservatory: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • International Peace Garden: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boundary ButteN 351°765 m20.5 mi
Turtle MountainNE 37°735 m24.2 mi
Butte Saint PaulNE 36°695 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1319:54
June solstice05:3920:5921:49
September equinox07:2919:0019:41
December solstice08:3215:5316:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F5922395262676555412511
Precip in0.50.50.81.12.63.82.82.41.71.30.80.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willow City, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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