Ghost town · Montana
Waco
Waco is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 849 m. Steamboat Butte stands 1,177 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is MT FWP, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. 29 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
unincorporated community in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates46.07390, -107.70700
29 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 15
- Fivemile Hill: 10.1 mi
- Mud Butte: 11.1 mi
- Castle Butte: 12.5 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 12.9 mi
- Bender Hill: 13.8 mi
Parks: 8
- Veterans Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Grant Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 17.0 mi
- Arapooish Recreation Park: 23.1 mi
- Custer City Park: 24.1 mi
- Westside Playground: 24.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- MT FWP: 0.5 mi
- BLM: 3.0 mi
- State Trust: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Guys Bluffs: 19.6 mi
Museums: 1
- Big Horn County Historical Museum: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Christiansen-Graham-Rest-Area: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Waco. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamboat Butte | WNW 303° | 1,177 m | 22.5 mi |
| Whiskey Butte | E 96° | 1,112 m | 23.2 mi |
| Haystack Butte | SE 142° | 1,107 m | 24.9 mi |
| Lookout Point | WNW 298° | 1,105 m | 17.9 mi |
| Castle Butte | WNW 292° | 1,080 m | 12.5 mi |
| Twin Buttes | N 359° | 1,078 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mail Box Hill | N 353° | 1,076 m | 18.5 mi |
| Ninemile Hill | NNE 15° | 1,057 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 20:20 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:38 | 16:29 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 33 | 42 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 69 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pompeys Pillar 15N, 17 mi away.
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