Ghost town · North Dakota

Tagus

Tagus from directly overhead

Tagus is a ghost town in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 667 m. Mosquito Butte stands 708 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartland, a ghost town 6.3 miles away. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Scenic Backway passes 17 miles off. 17 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

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

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Coordinates48.34640, -101.93400

16.5 mi off the Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Scenic Backway

Around it

17 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves6

Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 13.4 mi
Moen WPA: 14.8 mi
Ball WPA: 17.3 mi
Montrail County WPA: 20.6 mi
Upper Souris Wildlife Refuge: 22.1 mi

Peaks5

Church Hill: 11.3 mi
Murphy Hill: 11.7 mi
Deltlot Hill: 11.9 mi
Mike King Hill: 12.2 mi
Mosquito Butte: 20.6 mi

Parks4

Lake Darling Boat Launch and Picnic area: 19.1 mi
Flickertail Village Museum: 20.8 mi
Wilson Park: 21.1 mi
Old Settler's Park: 23.5 mi

Ghost towns2

Hartland: 6.3 mi
Belden: 23.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mosquito Butte	NW 318°	708 m	20.6 mi
Church Hill	N 10°	586 m	11.3 mi
Deltlot Hill	NNE 15°	585 m	11.9 mi
Murphy Hill	NNE 16°	575 m	11.7 mi
Mike King Hill	NNE 12°	575 m	12.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:51	19:19	20:01
June solstice	05:47	21:04	21:53
September equinox	07:35	19:06	19:48
December solstice	08:37	16:02	16:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	12	15	28	42	55	65	71	70	59	44	29	16
Precip in	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.5	3.4	2.8	1.8	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Foxholm 7 N, 18 mi away.

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