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Cavalry Post

Cavalry Post from directly overhead

Cavalry Post is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 509 m. Ambulance Butte stands 693 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Old Red Old Ten Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1873

How to reach it

Coordinates46.75958, -100.84597

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 22
  • Twin Buttes: 8.1 mi
  • Sugarloaf Butte: 9.5 mi
  • Burnt Butte: 12.7 mi
  • Ambulance Butte: 13.6 mi
  • Coal Butte: 14.5 mi
Museums: 6
  • Former Governors' Mansion State Historic Site: 4.5 mi
  • Archeology & Historic Preservation: 5.1 mi
  • North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Buckstop Junction: 6.5 mi
  • North Dakota State Railroad Museum: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area Eastbound: 13.5 mi
  • Rest Area Westbound: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ambulance ButteSSE 155°693 m13.6 mi
Crown ButteNW 311°692 m15.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSW 213°689 m15.7 mi
Keever ButteNNE 30°659 m14.5 mi
Twin ButtesNNE 14°659 m21.3 mi
Solberg ButteNE 41°649 m16.0 mi
Coal ButteN 359°640 m14.5 mi
Township HillSSW 205°635 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1619:56
June solstice05:5020:5521:42
September equinox07:3119:0319:43
December solstice08:2616:0716:58

Local time (America/North_Dakota/New_Salem).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131830435565717060453018
Precip in0.50.50.81.32.53.43.12.51.71.40.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bismarck, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/265305673

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