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Fort Abraham Lincoln Infantry Post

Fort Abraham Lincoln Infantry Post from directly overhead

Fort Abraham Lincoln Infantry Post is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 580 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 0.7 miles away. Old Red Old Ten Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

North Dakota state park

Dates from 1907.

Wikidata Q1438425, matched on coordinates and name (749 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1872

How to reach it

Coordinates46.77071, -100.85252

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 22
  • Twin Buttes: 8.8 mi
  • Sugarloaf Butte: 10.3 mi
  • Burnt Butte: 12.0 mi
  • Coal Butte: 13.7 mi
  • Keever Butte: 14.0 mi
Museums: 6
  • Former Governors' Mansion State Historic Site: 4.2 mi
  • Archeology & Historic Preservation: 4.8 mi
  • North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Buckstop Junction: 6.5 mi
  • North Dakota State Railroad Museum: 7.2 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 Fort Abraham Lincoln Infantry Post. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ambulance ButteSSE 155°693 m14.4 mi
Crown ButteNW 309°692 m14.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSW 211°689 m16.2 mi
Keever ButteNNE 32°659 m14.0 mi
Twin ButtesNNE 16°659 m20.7 mi
Solberg ButteNE 44°649 m15.6 mi
Coal ButteN 1°640 m13.7 mi
Township HillSSW 203°635 m23.5 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 °F131729425565706959443018
Precip in0.40.40.61.32.63.43.22.21.61.50.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mandan EXP STN, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/265315810

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