Wheat Basin
Wheat Basin is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,204 m. Lindemulder Hill stands 1,428 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastlake Pond/Big Lake Waterfowl Management Area, a park 2.0 miles away. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
human settlement in Stillwater County, Montana, United States of America
How to reach it
64 named places within 25 miles
- Eastlake Pond/Big Lake Waterfowl Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Phipps Park: 20.1 mi
- Copper Ridge Park: 20.5 mi
- Ironwood Park: 20.8 mi
- Yellowstone Family Park: 21.8 mi
- Battle Butte: 7.6 mi
- Twin Buttes: 8.8 mi
- Antelope Point: 9.9 mi
- Love Hill: 10.1 mi
- Lindemulder Hill: 11.9 mi
- Mud Spring: 4.8 mi
- Wiig Spring: 8.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.0 mi
- Shearing Pen Spring: 15.5 mi
- Countrymans Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Bensons Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Firemans Point: 24.2 mi
- State Trust: 13.6 mi
- Shiloh Conservation Area: 24.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Battlefield Monument: 17.0 mi
- Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone: 22.2 mi
- Museum of the Beartooths: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wheat Basin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindemulder Hill | SW 235° | 1,428 m | 11.9 mi |
| O'Brien Hill | NW 312° | 1,415 m | 24.1 mi |
| Warner Hill | SW 234° | 1,398 m | 22.6 mi |
| Antelope Point | SSW 192° | 1,391 m | 9.9 mi |
| Knob Hill | WNW 284° | 1,383 m | 19.8 mi |
| Busteed Hill | WSW 247° | 1,378 m | 12.5 mi |
| Locomotive Butte | NW 317° | 1,368 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pershing Hill | SW 219° | 1,336 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:44 | 16:34 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rapelje, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
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