Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone
Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone is a historic site in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,036 m. Stratford Hill stands 1,514 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Square Butte, a peak 2.4 miles away. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Material
- plastic
- Inscription
- This plague, located just in front of the Park City Kwik Stop, tells the story of the site where William Clark and some of the other members of the Corps of Discovery stopped on the Yellowstone River, near Park City, to build canoes.
How to reach it
115 named places within 25 miles
- Sportsman Park: 3.8 mi
- Lions Family Park: 6.7 mi
- Laurel Power-Grip Complex: 6.8 mi
- Russel Park: 7.2 mi
- Montana State Firefighters Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Square Butte: 2.4 mi
- Miller Butte: 3.5 mi
- Youngs Point: 4.5 mi
- Harris Hill: 6.0 mi
- Round Butte: 8.9 mi
- Shearing Pen Spring: 7.1 mi
- Poison Spring: 10.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 12.3 mi
- Wiig Spring: 14.2 mi
- Bachelder Spring: 18.8 mi
- Museum of the Beartooths: 16.2 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 16.7 mi
- Peter Yegen Jr. Yellowstone County Museum: 21.7 mi
- Moss Mansion Museum: 21.8 mi
- Wise Wonders: 22.1 mi
- Countrymans Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Firemans Point: 17.8 mi
- Bensons Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Rimrocks: 20.0 mi
- Sacrifice Cliff: 23.7 mi
- Mossmain: 10.6 mi
- Rimrock: 15.6 mi
- Wheat Basin: 22.2 mi
- Coulson: 23.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Battlefield Monument: 11.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Place Where the White Horse Went Down Historical Marker: 24.1 mi
- Shiloh Conservation Area: 16.4 mi
- Amend Park Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Ghost Cave: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford Hill | ESE 117° | 1,514 m | 17.3 mi |
| Church Hill | SW 216° | 1,453 m | 22.0 mi |
| Lindemulder Hill | NW 310° | 1,428 m | 21.9 mi |
| Huntley Butte | W 263° | 1,404 m | 24.2 mi |
| Antelope Point | NW 321° | 1,391 m | 14.6 mi |
| Busteed Hill | NW 311° | 1,378 m | 24.6 mi |
| McCormick Hill | ESE 110° | 1,363 m | 18.7 mi |
| Wash Bowl Butte | WSW 254° | 1,362 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:49 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:23 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:45 | 16:35 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joliet, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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