Petrel
Petrel is a ghost town in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 782 m. White Butte stands 888 m to the southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument 276, a historic site 0.6 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
human settlement in Adams County, North Dakota, United States of America
What the record says
- Founded
- 1908
How to reach it
52 named places within 25 miles
- Robbers Butte: 7.1 mi
- Twin Buttes: 7.4 mi
- White Butte: 9.0 mi
- Barths Butte: 9.5 mi
- Spring Butte: 11.7 mi
- North Lemmon Park: 5.2 mi
- Boss Cowman Square: 5.7 mi
- Lemmon Petrified Wood Park: 5.7 mi
- Lemmon City Park: 5.7 mi
- North Lemmon Lake State Game Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Grand River Museum: 5.6 mi
- Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum: 5.7 mi
- Dakota Buttes Museum: 17.2 mi
- Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur: 5.7 mi
- Cedar River National Grassland: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Petrel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Butte | SW 221° | 888 m | 9.0 mi |
| Castle Butte | W 267° | 869 m | 12.0 mi |
| Long Butte | N 3° | 854 m | 14.0 mi |
| Pearl Butte | NW 326° | 850 m | 12.2 mi |
| Kid Rich Butte | W 260° | 843 m | 16.5 mi |
| Taylor Butte | NW 316° | 842 m | 20.1 mi |
| Big Butte | WNW 284° | 837 m | 13.5 mi |
| Wolf Butte | W 261° | 835 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:22 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:58 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:09 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:17 | 16:07 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 62 | 47 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemmon, 6 mi away.
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