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Wheat Basin

Wheat Basin from directly overhead

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. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

human settlement in Stillwater County, Montana, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates45.93750, -109.06300

74 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 31
  • 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
Peaks: 23
  • 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
Nature reserves: 8
Springs: 4
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindemulder HillSW 235°1,428 m11.9 mi
O'Brien HillNW 312°1,415 m24.1 mi
Antelope PointWSW 247°1,401 m21.1 mi
Warner HillSW 234°1,398 m22.6 mi
Antelope PointSSW 192°1,391 m9.9 mi
Knob HillWNW 284°1,383 m19.8 mi
Busteed HillWSW 247°1,378 m12.5 mi
Locomotive ButteNW 317°1,368 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:29
June solstice05:2620:2521:11
September equinox07:0418:3619:16
December solstice07:5615:4416:34

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735425160686758453326
Precip in0.50.60.81.82.72.41.61.11.41.40.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rapelje, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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