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Sanger

Sanger from directly overhead

Sanger is a ghost town in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 521 m. Crown Butte stands 692 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Molander State Park, a park 3.6 miles away. Sakakawea Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

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

How to reach it

Coordinates47.17420, -100.99500

42 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
  • Molander State Park: 3.6 mi
  • Molander Historic Site: 3.7 mi
  • Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 7.3 mi
  • Riverboat Park: 8.0 mi
  • Wilton Mine State Game Management Area: 11.7 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Horseshoe Butte: 7.9 mi
  • Stonehouse Butte: 8.2 mi
  • Square Buttes: 8.9 mi
  • Square Butte: 12.4 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 14.6 mi
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crown ButteSSW 193°692 m19.3 mi
Twin ButtesESE 123°659 m14.6 mi
Keever ButteSE 138°659 m21.4 mi
Solberg ButteSE 133°649 m24.2 mi
Coal ButteSSE 154°640 m15.8 mi
Square ButtesSSE 162°626 m8.9 mi
Burnt ButteSSE 150°614 m18.7 mi
Horseshoe ButteSSE 160°611 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1619:57
June solstice05:4920:5621:44
September equinox07:3119:0319:44
December solstice08:2816:0516:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121629435464706959453018
Precip in0.40.50.61.52.83.22.52.21.51.40.70.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washburn, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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